Rahul Ghai studied History at Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Since 1994 Rahul has lived for two and half decades in the interiors of Thar, Rajasthan working with pastoral communities for development entitlements of food, fodder, water security and with Sufi musicians to reinvigorate musical traditions of pastoral communities. For more than a decade and half now he has designed and taught postgraduate courses in Rural Management / Rural Development at the IIHMR University, Entrepreneurial Development Institute, and Shiv Nadar University. Rahul continues to be associated with pastoral communities, learning and co creating solutions for a sustainable Thar.

• 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Pastoralism 3. Pastoralism in Thar, Western Rajasthan 4. Pre IGNP Canal Pastoral Cultures 5. IGNP Canal and Pastoralism 6. Post IGNP Canal Cultures of Pastoralism 7. Transformations in Pastoral Cultures of Thar 8. Pastoralists and Pastoralism: Emergent Realities

Rahul Ghai studied History at Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Since 1994 Rahul has lived for two and half decades in the interiors of Thar, Rajasthan working with pastoral communities for development entitlements of food, fodder, water security and with Sufi musicians to reinvigorate musical traditions of pastoral communities. For more than a decade and half now he has designed and taught postgraduate courses in Rural Management / Rural Development at the IIHMR University, Entrepreneurial Development Institute, and Shiv Nadar University. Rahul continues to be associated with pastoral communities, learning and co creating solutions for a sustainable Thar.

• 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Pastoralism 3. Pastoralism in Thar, Western Rajasthan 4. Pre IGNP Canal Pastoral Cultures 5. IGNP Canal and Pastoralism 6. Post IGNP Canal Cultures of Pastoralism 7. Transformations in Pastoral Cultures of Thar 8. Pastoralists and Pastoralism: Emergent Realities

Rahul Ghai studied History at Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Since 1994 Rahul has lived for two and half decades in the interiors of Thar, Rajasthan working with pastoral communities for development entitlements of food, fodder, water security and with Sufi musicians to reinvigorate musical traditions of pastoral communities. For more than a decade and half now he has designed and taught postgraduate courses in Rural Management / Rural Development at the IIHMR University, Entrepreneurial Development Institute, and Shiv Nadar University. Rahul continues to be associated with pastoral communities, learning and co creating solutions for a sustainable Thar.

• 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Pastoralism 3. Pastoralism in Thar, Western Rajasthan 4. Pre IGNP Canal Pastoral Cultures 5. IGNP Canal and Pastoralism 6. Post IGNP Canal Cultures of Pastoralism 7. Transformations in Pastoral Cultures of Thar 8. Pastoralists and Pastoralism: Emergent Realities