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.To promote smart water management, Mishra works to preserve rural India’s traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.Mishra travels across water-challenged India studying rainwater harvesting methods and learning from the people behind them. A founding member of the Gandhi Peace Foundation, Mishra is working to bridge the gap between modern water management technology and india’s heritage of water harvesting, so that every community is self-sustainable and efficiently safekeeping an increasingly scarce and precious resource.