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A lens on the future of urban WASH planning in India

17 May 2023 AmitaBlog

I share reflections on the 2-day visit I made to the Faculty of Planning at CEPT University as part of my research trip to Ahmedabad and my experiences as a guest at thesis reviews for Masters in Urban Infrastructure students.

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Keynote lecture at American Association of Geographers Conference 2023

29 April 2023 AmitaBlog

This blog shares highlights from my keynote lecture for the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Disability Speciality Group at their annual international conference on 24th March 2023.

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A window into the future of India’s rural stepwells: perspectives from Gujarat

29 April 2023 AmitaBlog

This second blog in a two-part series asks, what future lies ahead for India’s rural stepwells with their intricate architecture, and for their local rural communities?

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Learning from Gujarat’s past relationship with rural water through its stepwells

29 April 202329 April 2023 AmitaBlog

Let’s recognise the collective memory of Gujarat’s rural stepwells as historical sites of interest and work to preserve these ancient structures for the future.

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Understanding infrastructural needs for perimenopausal women

10 April 2023 AmitaBlog

This guest blog by Mayank Pandey and Rachana Kansagra provides reflections from a workshop on the WASH needs of perimenopausal women at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India.

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Mobilising India’s slum communities is key to sustainable WASH services

27 March 2023 AmitaBlog

Simply installing taps, pipes and toilets, even if fully inclusive, barely scratches the surface for what is needed to achieve sustainable WASH for all.

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Connecting India’s communities to government WASH action by asking whose reality counts

12 February 2023 AmitaBlog

UMC are working on the ground with the very people, the masons, the pit emptiers and the faecal sludge treatment plant operators who are key to achieving a Swachh Bharat (Clean India)

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Sustaining water heritage in a rapidly urbanising India: the case of Sarkhej Roza

12 February 2023 AmitaBlog

Let’s look beyond pipes, taps and tanks, and back at the past as well, to sustain India’s waters old as well as new.

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New journal paper: Sanitation work: realizing equity and inclusion

14 December 2022 AmitaBlog

This new paper highlights the need for equity and inclusion perspectives to challenge techno-centric framings of sanitation work.

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New journal paper: A less muddy glee

2 December 20222 December 2022 AmitaBlog

My recent paper published in the journal, Area, provides my reflections on doing virtual qualitative research and remote fieldwork on the experiences of older people living with incontinence and their caregivers in humanitarian settings in Malawi and Ethiopia, as a researcher with Cerebral Palsy.

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