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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.

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.

Bollywood actor turned Director Naseeruddin Shah with Director-producer Subhash Ghai at the premiere of " Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....What if..." in Mumbai on Thursday,20 July 2006.

Bollywood actor turned Director Naseeruddin Shah with his wife Ratna Pathak at the premiere of " Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....What if..." in Mumbai on Thursday,20 July 2006.

Bollywood Actor Sarika at the premiere of "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....What if..." in Mumbai on Thursday,20 July 2006.

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty at the premiere of " Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....What if..." , directed by Naseeruddin Shah in Mumbai on Thursday,20 July 2006.

Debutant actor Amarjeet with model turned actor Shilpa Anand during the media interviews in Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. Their first film ""Iqraar......by chance"" is ready for the release by this month end.

Debutant actor Amarjeet with model turned actor Shilpa Anand during the media interviews in Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. Their first film "Iqraar......by chance" is ready for the release by this month end.

Debutant Director,actor Naseeruddin Shah with his actors Ayesha Takia and Konkana Sen Sharma at the music release of their forthcoming film "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....what if..." at Planet M,Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. The lyrics are by Sameer and the music is by Viju Shah.

Debutant Director,actor Naseeruddin Shah with his actors Ayesha Takia, Konkana Sen Sharma and Mrs.Boxwala (Producer"s wife) at the music release of their forthcoming film "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....what if..." at Planet M,Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. The lyrics are by Sameer and the music is by Viju Shah.

Bollywood actors Ayesha Takia and Konkana Sen Sharma at the music release of their forthcoming film "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....what if..." directed by Naseeruddin Shah, at Planet M,Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. The lyrics are by Sameer and the music is by Viju Shah.

Bollywood actor Konkana Sen Sharma arrives for the music release of her forthcoming film "Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota.....what if..." directed by Naseeruddin Shah, at Planet M,Mumbai on Saturday,17 June 2006. The lyrics are by Sameer and the music is by Viju Shah.

Model Anupama Verma walks the ramp at a fashion show ""Anokhi.....Expressions"" orgainsed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at IIJS 2006 in Mumbai on saturday,06 May 2006.

Models walk the ramp at a fashion show""Anokhi.....Expressions"" orgainsed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at IIJS 2006 in Mumbai on saturday,06 May 2006.

Model Sheetal Mallar walks the ramp at a fashion show ""Anokhi.....Expressions"" orgainsed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at IIJS 2006 in Mumbai on saturday,06 May 2006.

A Model walks the ramp at a fashion show ""Anokhi.....Expressions"" orgainsed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at IIJS 2006 in Mumbai on saturday,06 May 2006.

Models walk the ramp at a fashion show ""Anokhi.....Expressions"" orgainsed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at IIJS 2006 in Mumbai on saturday,06 May 2006.