News — Brass Pots

Walk through the streets of India or Nepal and you're bound to see copper water pots like these in everyday use though nowadays plastic jerry cans are becoming more popular. Progress and Clean Water Houses in older districts and villages often don't have drinkable water - what do you do? You take your old copper pot and go to the well for your water. It's a part of life that's been unchanged for hundreds of years though, with modernisation, water is now being piped to more houses. Interestingly, this has social consequences not all of which are welcome. For many...