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Shadows of the youth (Thar Desert)
It was a short and unplanned stop. Several houses were clustered about a hundred yards from the road. Ganesh knew people that lived there. He couldn't pass without stopping and saying hello, since he lived there for a few years himself. Chai was offered and before it was served I decided to look around this harsh environment. Kids and their long early evening shadows were following me. I walked around the houses and suddenly my mood changed once the whole picture came together- the desert full of the wind turbines, village without electricity and these kids, the future of India, that can't write, since they don't go to school.
Jaisalmer Wind Park is India's largest operational onshore wind farm. Electricity produced there is hauled away to the cities far away and people that live under these turbines are forgotten. Investing in renewable energy is great, but...
Rural Rajasthan, India
Shadows of the youth (Thar Desert)
It was a short and unplanned stop. Several houses were clustered about a hundred yards from the road. Ganesh knew people that lived there. He couldn't pass without stopping and saying hello, since he lived there for a few years himself. Chai was offered and before it was served I decided to look around this harsh environment. Kids and their long early evening shadows were following me. I walked around the houses and suddenly my mood changed once the whole picture came together- the desert full of the wind turbines, village without electricity and these kids, the future of India, that can't write, since they don't go to school.
Jaisalmer Wind Park is India's largest operational onshore wind farm. Electricity produced there is hauled away to the cities far away and people that live under these turbines are forgotten. Investing in renewable energy is great, but...
Rural Rajasthan, India