Kasturi Kulkarni

Senior Research Associate at Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS), CRDF, CEPT University

[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs @MoHUA_India]

📰From the News 📰

#CatchTheRain

[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs @MoHUA_India]

Small interventions can create lasting impact.

At Kanapaka, Vizianagaram, the completed recharge pit with borewell is helping improve rainwater recharge while also capturing seepage from the public tap — turning every drop into an opportunity for conservation.

#CatchTheRain

[Parle Products @ParleFamily]

Thank you @narendramodi 🙏🏻

[Eminent_minds @minds_eminent]

Your Parents Are Getting Older.
30 Things To Do With Them Before Time Moves On :

1. Record their voice telling a story.

One day that voice becomes a sound you can never hear again.

[Divya Mittal @divyamittal_IAS]

IIT Delhi to IIM Bangalore to IAS. I got the best education my country had to offer. It taught me how to crack tough exams and manage big responsibilities. But it never taught me how to quiet my own mind or handle loneliness. We spend many years learning how to achieve, but not a single day learning how to be happy.
My thoughts on what is missing in school education.

Emotional Regulation:
We memorized the periodic table, but no one explained the chemistry of a broken heart. School demanded we stay quiet, confusing silence with peace. Now, we don't know how to host our own storms without drowning in them. We feel lost because we were taught to suppress, not to process.

Deep Communication:
We were taught to write perfect essays, but not how to say "I’m hurting" or "No." While there is a strong emphasis on communication, we are not taught the vocabulary of the adult life. There is no course on how to stand our ground in face of bullying by a boss or how to protect our work boundaries by saying 'No'

Critical Thinking:
In school, the person with the most answers won. In life, the person with the most questions survives. This is the reason many adults can repeat opinions confidently without ever questioning where those opinions came from. We are told everything as the gospel truth. So we end up just following blindly

Financial Literacy:
We spent years learning maths and solving for x, but never learned how to keep ourselves from falling in a debt trap. Money isn't just about math; it’s about the dignity of choice. We do not learn how to use debt effectively without it controlling our freedom. How impulsive spending compounds over time, or how money affects stress, relationships, and mental peace. Financial literacy is missing because education often focuses on earning money someday, not managing it wisely once it arrives.

Self-Discipline
School is a world of bells and schedules. Someone else always tells you what to do and when. But adulthood is a world of total silence. We feel stuck because we were never taught how to push ourselves without a teacher watching. Discipline is simply the habit of keeping promises to yourself. This is a habit many of us are lacking

Handling Loneliness
In school, you are always shrouded by people. You never realize how loud the silence of adulthood can be until you’re in it. We feel lonely because we weren't taught how to be our own best friends. Peace is learning that being alone doesn't mean being lonely. It is a sacred space, not a sign of being unwanted.

Reading People
School is a time of innocence where friendships are often given to you. But as we go along, not everyone retains that purity. We feel cheated because we weren't taught to see the hidden intentions or the masks people wear. Reading people is the quiet wisdom of seeing the truth behind the words.

Mental Health Maintenance
We have gym class for our bodies, but nothing for our souls. We are taught to push through exhaustion to finish a project, which is exactly how we end up in burnout. Honoring your nervous system is the only way to make sure the light inside you doesn't go out. We should know when we are dealing with a stressor and unable to handle it anymore. We should know when to reach out for help if we feel that we are drowning in that distress

Knowing Yourself
We spend years trying to be the "best" student, only to realize we don't know who we are without a gold medal. We are left inadequate because we studied every subject except our own souls. The ultimate education is discovering what truly matters to you before the world tells you what to want.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

A Russian woman is disappointed at Indians’ casual littering.

India isn’t even her country, yet she feels bad, while Indians, sitting at Wagah border of all places, where national pride should come naturally, throw trash without a second thought.

Eleven years of an old man requesting people to keep the nation clean under Swachh Bharat, and still no change. Littering isn’t an exception, it’s the rule. The masses do it shamelessly. The only thing they deserve is the Latth, but in our democracy, these very litterbugs are worshipped as janta janardan instead. What a pathetic state of affairs!

[Dr. Vineet Kumar @vineet_mausam]

As per Zomato AWS rain till 5pm
Sus: 55.8mm
Bavdhan: 27mm
Aundh: 53.6mm #punerains
West Pune is getting the most intense thunderstorm of this month
https://t.co/VwS8xDfcSg

[Manpreet Singh Dhami @5karma_films]

In the 4th week of #HisStoryOfItihaas I just went to give a surprise to the audience from a cinema in pune which was houseful despite 'sitaare zameen par' on other screens And as most of the times, audience clapped at the end.
Grateful for their hunger for the right history.
@AtriNeeraj @Aabhas24 @GemsOfBollywood @ameet1012 @JaipurDialogues @live_pathikrit @AadiAchint @StringReveals

[samyr @samyr_q]

This is Dr. Rangan Chatterjee.

He spent 20+ years studying how modern lifestyle affects health.

His discovery? Most chronic diseases are caused by daily actions––not genetics.

7 habits you need to fix before they lead to long-term damage:

[Vatsala Singh @_vatsalasingh]

इसे सेव कर सुरक्षित कर लें, ऐसी पोस्ट कम ही आती है..

समुद्र मंथन से प्राप्त चौदह रत्नों का रहस्य..अंत तक जरुर पढ़े🧵

[Kasturi Kulkarni @Kkasturi89]

@kaay_rao Heart breaking .. 🙏

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Practice Trikonasana for improved shoulders, back and improving concentration!

[Kasturi Kulkarni @Kkasturi89]

This is amazing..!

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

CWAS team members presenting our work at different technical sessions at the "Water and Development Congress".

@Kkasturi89 @AasimMansuri @plannerdhruv @aditi10990

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

@Kkasturi89 @AasimMansuri @plannerdhruv @aditi10990 @IWAHQ @DineshMehta100 @mehta_pani @DineshMehta100 @sures_rohilla @AasimMansuri @plannerdhruv @aditi10990

[Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta @readingkafka]

Women self-help groups are handling the end-to-end management of solid waste in rural areas, including driving the vehicles. Decentralised, local management of solid waste should be the way forward.

#sustainability #womenslivelihoods #womensempowerment #localgovernance

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

Join us today!
Register here: https://t.co/h5B4kCOcpc

@mehta_pani @DineshMehta100 @CEPTUniversity1 @CeptResearch @IWAHQ @AasimMansuri @ArwaBharmal @NFSSMalliance @BMGFIndia

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

The countdown has begun!

Join us at the Global South Academic Conclave for interesting discussions on WASH and Climate linkages at @CEPTUniversity1, Ahmedabad from 2-4 Feb, 2024.

Know more: https://t.co/QrtOpRJKpK

@mehta_pani @DineshMehta100 @CeptResearch @fpcept @BMGFIndia

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

We are happy to announce that Sinnar & Karad have won awards at the IWA Water and Development Congress in Kigali.
Sinnar Municipal Council won under the Inclusive Urban Sanitation Champions Programme & Karad Municipal Council under Climate Smart Utilities program.

[Center for Water and Sanitation @CEPT_CWAS]

The Divisional Commissioner Office of Nashik, along with #CWAS, organized a workshop on "शहरव्यापी सर्वसमाव���शक स्वच्छता” #CWIS for Chief Officers of ULBs from the division. The workshop included discussions on aspects of CWIS such as #FSSM #GenderInclusivity & #Sanworker's safety