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The ancient ingenuity of water-harvesting: Anupam Mishra on TED.com

Posted by: Shanna Carpenter

With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India’s Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today — and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.(Recorded at TEDIndia, November 2009, Mysore, India. Duration: 17:14)

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Comments (1)

  • Agam Shah commented on May 10 2010

    Excellent presentation. Even if he says his english is not the best, I guess the way he has expressed his thoughts, makes it feel perfect. Very very convincing and inspiring. Thank you Anupamji.