Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

http://www.ted.com 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...

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For emotions, we should not move quickly to the desert.So, first, a small housekeeping announcement:please switch off yourproper English check programsinstalled in your brain.(Applause)So, welcome to the Golden Desert, Indian desert.It receives the least rainfall in the country,lowest rainfall.If you are well-versed with inches, nine inches,centimeters, 16 [centimeters].The groundwater is 300 feet deep, 100 meters.And in most parts it is saline, not fit for drinking.So, you can't install hand pumps or dig wells,though there is no electricity in most of the villages.But suppose you use the green technology, solar pumps --they are of no use in this area.So, welcome to the Golden Desert.Clouds seldom visit this area.But we find 40 different names of clouds in th...