Deepika Kurup —The Science Behind Clean Water

Section 1

Interviewer :

Why do you focus on water issues?//

Kurup :

When I was young,/I often traveled to India/to visit my relatives.// There,/I had to drink boiled or bottled water/to avoid getting diarrhea/and other diseases.// One day,/I was shocked/to see children drinking water/from puddles on the road.// These children didn’t have access/to clean water.//

I :

What did you think/about the situation?//

K :

I thought,/“This situation is a social injustice.// Only poor people/don’t have access/to clean water.// If the international community did something,/the situation could be improved.”// So/I decided to work on the problem/of clean water access.//