English/26mins/2002
Producer: Krishnendu Bose, Earthcare Films
Funded by: United Nations Development Program

Subject Focus: Prevailing Water Policies and community control over water resources.

Summary: This film explores the notion of state ownership of natural resources. In India the state owns all natural resources unless otherwise decreed. This is a story about Rajasthan, where 1000 villages have been revolutionized by bringing water back into their lives. Tarun Bharat Sangh, a motley group of people, led by Rajender Singh acted as a catalyst and inspiration for the communities and galvanized them to revive their traditional water harvesting systems. Dry rivers were revived and communities’ general economic well-being swelled. It sounds like a fairy tale and the results are almost like one!

Producer’s/Director Profile: Krishnendu Bose makes wildlife and conservation films for National, as well as, International Television. In the last 16 years, Krishnendu has made films on a variety of subjects from elephants to tigers, from pollution to human rights and environment issues. He was awarded with the Special Jury’s Award at the Okomedia Environmental Film Festival for his film on Food Security – Harvesting Hunger.