Level . Lets begin with the south of india. With rising sea levels have degraded underground water flags. And this is bad news, especially for those areas which are already one that of course, to this fixed income. And i do has imported in ancient technique from the desolate state of judges con, which is providing Drinking Water, dozens of searching and collecting water for the household. A task that at small layers of hardship to these limits. And one of the most water scans regions in southern india, a simple traditional solution is in the works for a complex Climate Change. And youve got a problem. Rainwater Collection System called duncan endorse area to see that they used to be reading what was known. Use the c d w dot com please is. This is different. Thats just an agent, samson district administration. The next me is working alongside local in administration and g. I said, you know, in the gym and project called water security and climate at the patient and role india to help ma
Voice . 20 years. 20 years from being from finishing university, and thinking im out in the world, and now im going to write, and 20 years before i could write anything that looked to me like a book. Im tempted to ask, then, what kept you. That is what many people asked. Especially those who thought i would never be a novelist anyway. And i worried, myself, about it. My father used to say, well, where is it, then . That spurred me on. That must have annoyed you. I think my problem was that perhaps a bit over educated. I had been educated to revere the classic so much, to revere dh lawrence and tolstoy and dostoevsky and dickens. If i could be them, i didnt want to be anyone. So you wanted to be literary. Perhaps you were not confident in your own take on the world and your own voice, that it was worth listening to . Dead right. If what you had been reading was the great writers, and i revered them, and you think you do not measure up to that. At 18 and 25, i did not measure up to dosto
Im stephen sackur. Is the way we use words changing . Most of us probably write less than we used to, read less than we used to, and spend far more time staring at screens and tapping out messages. Does it matter to our relationships, our politics, our culture . Well, my guest today is conviced it does. Howard jacobsons meditations on life, love, jewishness, and a whole lot more have won him awards, including the man booker prize. But is he an artist swimming against an irresistible cultural tide . Howard jacobson, welcome to hardtalk. I am delighted to be here. Thank you for having me on. I want to ask you to reflect on a long writing career. How long, do you think, it took to you to find your own authentic writers voice . 20 years. 20 years from being from finishing university, and thinking im out in the world, and now im going to write, and 20 years before i could write anything that looked to me like a book. Im tempted to ask, then, what kept you. That is what many people asked. Es
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Abdullah right to accuse them of being like wolves in sheeps clothing. Welcome to conflict zone. A couple of years ago you gave an interview in which you said you espoused a moderate form of islam you said our belief is not that radical we believe in moderate islam. But theres nothing more about your views on violence is of course we totally condemn violence right after the fourteenth of july attacks in jerusalems holiest site for muslims and jews two israeli policemen both jews killed by three attackers and your reaction was to glory in their blood. Well actually its different from the way we see it because we see that israel is a aggressors the al aqsa mosque is a holy site for muslims they shouldnt be there in the first place so they are the aggressors and the palestinian are certainly jews as well ok but it is a holy site where muslims pray so they are they shouldnt they be there in the first place and what the palestinians are only their Freedom Fighters retaliating to the Israeli