India’s water future is being built on myths about its medieval past

In late April, on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, the foundation stone was laid for a 600-acre, one-gigawatt Artificial Intelligence data centre—some day to be Asia’s largest digital infrastructure investment. Part of the land had belonged for generations to Dalit families in the village of Tarluvada. Through May, the women of those families refused to sign it away. A video documenting their protest crossed 2.5 million views before the Government of India had Instagram restrict it under the Information Technology Act. Watch #ThePrint #ThinkingMedieval. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8