Rohini Nilekani

The Indian elite send their children to expensive private schools, bypassing the public school system. They have their own infrastructure for water, with sumps to store it, pumps to lift it, and fancy filters to de-risk from erratic, polluted government water. Most access private healthcare to bridge the health services deficit.

Indian Writer

Used in contexts related to routine care or repair of machinery.

Machine Maintenance

Refers specifically to the section under an engine that holds lubricants like oil.

Automotive Part

Often mentioned with tools like pumps, suggesting removal of collected substances.

Associated Tools

Commonly used in situations requiring drainage or management of water.

Water Management

Often appears in the vocabulary related to mining operations.

Mining Context

Refers to natural or man-made depressions where liquids gather in caves or landscapes.

Geological Feature

 And then came back and then I went and I actually made it all the way through the sump and came up into a big air bell with a big giant sandbar. And I... literally, felt like I was on another planet. It had this otherworldly feeling, this otherworldly silence.

Sump