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Girls gather during holi celebration at Bhadal village, Madhya Pradesh. Many times prospective grooms look for brides during this festival.

Children at Jalsindhi village play on the ground which was once their school, which submerged in Narmada river due to r aising dam height. The school in each village is under threat of submergence and yet thousands of affected families hold on to their land, school, why life itself.

Adivasi in a small canoe set out for their daily routine of fishing, takes up the challenge of the giant dam, trying to catch up with the huge reservoir and the threatened fish.

All that is left of the man-made destruction is a submerged village. Manibeli,Maharashtra.

Children in the village of Bhadal in Madhya Pradesh are innocent witness to the years long Narmada movement which may change the course of their life.

Wellknown social activist and spearhead of Narmada Bachao Andolan, a peopls movement since last 21yrs and co-founder of "Jeevanshala" drinks water from river Narmada, on her way to address meeting in Manibeli village.

Headmaster Kalusing Vasave, looks at the submerged Manibeli school where he once imparted education to the students and ensured them a promising career. How can he loose hope when his adivasi brethren continue to stay put for right to rehabilitation with livelihood?

Getting warmth in chilling winter at Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh.

Chimalkhedi school on the verge of submergence last year. Maharashtra government provided makeshift shades to villagers, where kids try and concentrate on their studies.

Tribals from different villages gather in Jalsindhi village, Madhya Pradesh to celebrate Holi, their favourite festival. It is celebrated across the valley in different villages.

Teachers leaving for their respective schools with foodgrains and teaching material after their Annual meeting.

Kalusing Vasave, aproud Headmaster of Manibeli Jeevanshala. Local adivasi youths who teach in Pavari language are not just the teachers, but more or less activists.

The "President House" submerged in water leaving the children without school for months. All the time to stay idle,till they compelled the government to build proper sheds through month long agitaion by the children at taluka town, away from home.

SWAN MILL CHIMNEY................ (LEFT) TURNS WARM FOR THE TREES TO HAVE A LIFE ON IT .. THE CHIMNEY AT STANDARD MILL (RIGHT) ONCE KNOWN AS A LAND MARK HAS LOST ITSELF WITH THE HIGH RISES AROUND. STANDARD MILL IS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW MILLS WHICH CLOSED.

Students in the middle of an exam at Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra. Chimalkhedi was the village where the education revolution among the dam displaced tribals began in 1991.These crude classrooms try to educate tribal children so that they fully understand what has happened to their lives.

Morning yoga classes at Manibeli Jeevanshala, Maharashtra.

Kids heading towards Narmada river, half a kilometer away from the school , to clean their utensils, after breakfast. Village Trishul, Maharashtra.

Locally made Radio is the only source of entertainment in the entire valley. Having a Radio is treated as a prized possession for villagers. Trishul, Maharashtra.

A student in the middle of solving a Maths question in Trishul, Maharashtra.

Local tribals participated in an awareness rally organised by Narmada Bachao Andolan activists, with their tiny tots. Awareness start right from childhood for these kids. Jalsindhi, Madhya Pradesh.

Resident teachers of Jeevanshala travel hours to reach school after their annual meeting in Dhadgaon, Maharashtra.

Getting ready for first morning lecture at Manibeli Maharashtra Exercises to agriculture form a part of the extra curricular activities in Jeevanshalas.The movement against the Sardar Sarovar dam project places a lot of importance on the education of tribal children.

Kids engrossed in solving the questions given in class at Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra.

Tribals of Jalsindhi village performing pooja of Goddess Narmada, after the holi festival in MADHYA PRADESH . The river banks have been flooded due to the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project that has made the villagers refuges in their own land.

Kids burn midnight oil while preparing for exams, Manibeli, Maharashtra.

These are the ambitious classrooms in the dam affected region around the Narmada river. Called Jeevanshala, these crude classrooms try to educate tribal children so that they fully understand what has happened to their lives.

Kids, displaced by the Narmada dam project running for shelter under a tree while playing hide-n-seek at village Trishul, Maharashtra.

An empty Nandurbar Zilla Parishad school, listed in government records at village Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra.

Two kids died of poisonous snake bite in Manibeli school a year ago. Kids studying with the help of electricity provided by generator. Power is available in the village for only 2 hours a day.

Local tribals walk in waist deep mud for fishing, risking life as crocodiles are on hunt in Narmada river bed near village Bilgaon, Maharashtra.

Mehul Choksi, Chairman Gitanjali Group, Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Director Priyadarshan at the launch of jewellery "Collection G" inspired by his movie "Kyon Ki...its Fate" in Mumbai on Sunday,October 30, 2005.

Director Priyadarshan, Mehul Choksi,Chairman gitanjali Group, Bollywood actor Salman Khan at the launch of jewellery "Collection G" inspired by his movie "Kyon Ki...its Fate" in Mumbai on Sunday, 30 October 2005.

Mehul Choksi, Chairman Gitanjali Group, Bollywood Actor Salman Khan and Director Priyadarshan at the launch of jewellery "Collection G" inspired by his movie "Kyon Ki...its Fate" in Mumbai on Sunday,30 October 2005.

Bollywood Actors Anupama Verma and Preeti Jhangiani at a press conference for their forthcoming film "With Luv...Tumhaara" in Mumbai on Wednesday,19 July 2006.

Bollywood actors Preeti Jhangiani and Pravin Dabas at a press conference for their forthcoming film "With Luv...Tumhaara" in Mumbai on Wednesday,19 July 2006.

Bollywood singer Kailash Kher at a press conference for the film "With Luv...Tumhaara" in Mumbai on Wednesday,19 July 2006.

A model sports diamond jewellery at the launch of Diamond Next...Trends 2006 by DTC in Mumbai on Friday,21 July 2006.

A model sports diamond jewellery at the launch of Diamond Next...Trends 2006 by DTC in Mumbai on Friday,21 July 2006.

Bollywood actor Suniel Shety and wife Mana Shetty with Imaad Shah (son of Naseeruddin Shah) at the premiere of " Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....What if..." in Mumbai on Thursday,20 July 2006.