India, Nov. 11 -- Trying to collect information on water and climate change has been a really challenging process but as I read more, it makes me sad and interested at the same time. Taking this interest forward, I tried connecting with an old friend, with whom I had done a summer internship programme, more than five years ago, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G).

He shared a few images with me on WhatsApp about the floods in Assam this year and how it had affected so many people in lower Assam. His name is Jyotirmoy Sarma, and he hails from Guwahati. He did his bachelors from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam and is presently residing in Dallas, Texas in the United States. He went on to complete his mast...