Climate activist Disha Ravi
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Raised in a family grappling with water crisis and electricity shortages, Disha Ravi, while growing up, believed that the hardships faced by the people in her village, Bandihalli in Karnataka, were normal. “I have seen my grandparents, who were farmers, struggle with drought, crop failure and flooding. My mother would tell me stories of how she carried water from the common well before she left for school. Back then, I didn’t realise that this was problematic,” says Disha.