Water Stories - from around the world

Who owns water? Why do rains fail?

How can we share water?

Does water get angry?

In perfect time for World Water Day on 22 March, TULIKA’s spectacular new book raises and explores these questions, around an issue that is topical yet old.

Water Stories from around the world is a collection of retellings from mythology and folklore drawing attention to the state of water today.

Well-known writers – including Amruta Patil, Sandhya Rao, Suniti Namjoshi and Zai Whitaker – draw upon the oral traditions of Ivory Coast, China, Greece and several other
countries to reflect concern over the same issue: water, and how to respect it.

A timeline traces the ebb and flow of our relationship with water from ancient times, while big and little facts give interesting dimensions to this essential, yet threatened, element of life.

The stunning illustrations pick up rich visual representations of water from different cultures, and make the book truly special – one that also makes us think, and stimulates discussion on larger environmental issues.

The book has been supported by Wipro.

88 pages, hardback, Rs 385

Special inaugural offer of Rs 300 – only on www.tulikabooks.com – only till end-April

Visit http://www.tulikabooks.com/thinkabout2.htm for more information on the book.