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Annual teachers meeting at NBA office Dhadgaon, Maharashtra.

Batesing Pavra gets back to his basic teaching after annual meeting. He supervises the Jeevanshalas.

Kids freak out at Jalsindhi village in Madhya Pradesh during holi, which is celebrated by all the tribals here. Jeevanshalas celebrate all festivals with the people"s participation.

Chimalkhedi, a village in Maharashtra got submerged due to Sardar Sarovar in the Narmada water, 1994 since when they are awaiting in the non-habitable tin sheds,but no land is allotted to them, as yet. Jeevanshala students along with their parents live in tin sheds, 10x10ft. in size are without ventilation and full of darkness. which is not justified as rehabilitation in Rs.40,000 crores worth project.

A Chimalkhedi villager looks at the river Narmada, perhaps wondering where life will take them from here. With no rehabilitaion to offer hundreds of such adivasis face legal and human injustice.

The Manibeli Jeevanshala before submergence under Narmada, where children spend hours learning,playing and residing.

The Manibeli school along with about 60 houses got washed off leaving the mud and the remnants after it was submerged under the Narmada wears a deserted look.

Shy girls run away from their group after holi celebration in village Bhadal, Madhya Pradesh.Many times prospective grooms look for brides during this festival.

Kids rushing to attend class at the Manibeli school, which has been named as President House due to its location on a raised platform.

Bhil and Pawara are the major tribes in Narmada. On festive occasions the male tribal perform Balya-Budhya Gher dance (a form of ancient tribal holy dance). It is also an occasion for prospective brides and grooms to come together.

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.

THREADS. THREADS.. THREADS… WAS THE CASE ONCE WHERE THERE WAS ENOUGH WORK, AS THEY NOW ARE LEFT WITH EMPTY GODOWNS AND TIRED WORKERS.

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.