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Item Open Access Save Rivers : An interactive website for Betwa Utthan organization in Vidisha (M.P)(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2022) Agarwal, Anusha; Mazumdar, MadhumitaIn our present time the river pollution is one of the biggest problems in our world. It�s mainly because of illegal dumping, industrialization and agriculture. Moreover, the people don�t know how to treat their sewage waste and dispose of it in a safe way. Almost all rivers nowadays start to suffer from this problem. Differences between the past, right now and the future may be big. If we compared our mind now with that of forty years ago we would see that they were more different than they are now. This is because urbanization and spreading of civilization has enabled us to obtain facilities which were not present in the past. Though these facilities have made life easier for us, there are some changes which are not positive because they have caused problems to our environment. It has been a problem for decades, but it has become more common as more people move closer to river sources. Water pollution occurs when harmful chemicals or substances such as oil, bacteria, or radiation enter water. If these contaminants are not removed from the water supply, they can cause serious health problems. The main reason why we are polluting our rivers is lack of awareness. Our society is so much dependent on our rivers that they have become a part of our lifestyle, but we aren't aware of the fact that we need to take proper care and attention of these precious resources. There are many solutions to this problem such as educating people about this matter, setting up more recycling centers around big cities or nearrivers etc. These solutions may change people�s attitudes towards water pollution if implemented well enough. The Betwa river in Madhya Pradesh, India is one of the major tributaries of the Yamuna .The river was once clean and pure but it is no more so. The problem is that using the river in this manner has had a huge impact on the health of the river because instead of objects made largely of mud and stone, today we use ceramic, plaster of paris, and plastic which do not break down as easily in the river.Item Open Access Urban soundscapes: an exploration of why and how, we hear, what we do...(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2008) Kadam, Neha; Mazumdar, MadhumitaUrban soundscapes is a multimedia exploration of the forms, practices and habits of engaging with sound in a contemporary urban Indian context. It focuses on the listening habits of a section of the urban Indian youth and invites critical reflection on the choices they make in the selection and enjoyment of the sounds that come to them through the mediation modern technology. Put simply, Urban Soundscapes is both an exploration and reflection on why we hear what we do as we live our lives in the complex sonic environment of the modern city. It begins on the premise that the urban soundscape is not a random collection of sounds. Sounds in the city come in forms, patterns, designs and shapes that are tied to dominant economic structures and local cultural contexts. It invites the user to explore this observation through four different points of entry through technology, through the consumer, the music market and of course through the makers of music themselves. The role of technology in creating a complex and evolving urban soundscape is underscored by a focus on the particular forms, tastes, and habits of listening to music by a dominant section of the urban Indian youth. Based on both fieldwork and academic writings on the subject, this product tries to present a complex cultural and social phenomenon in a format that tries to appeal to both the initiated and informed. It can in a sense position itself as educational software that tries to complement serious writing on the subject by putting together the constitutive elements of multi‐media on a digital medium that is both attractive and affordable. It does not in any way pretend to be either a comprehensive or definitive work on the subject. It offers instead the possibility of generating a critical awareness of one’s social and cultural context in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining.