Vasant Saberwal is a director, script writer and academic researcher, with special interests in ecology, development and indigenous cultures. In 1996 he received his doctorate from Yale University for his work on change and continuity among the Gaddi, a pastoral community of Himachal Pradesh. He has co-directed several films with Sanjay Barnela, including Pastoral Politics, Turf Wars and The Elusive Mountain – Gya.

Recent articles

“The third world war will be a war over water”. Acclaimed documentary filmmakers Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal describe the experience of filming India’s current water crisis and tell the story of a people in search of water. Plus poetry inspired by their films from Maya Khosla.