Dia Mirza Instagram – 40% of our country’s population will have no access to water by 2020. That’s next year. Another reason why we MUST protect our Tigers. What do #Tigers have to do with #Water you ask? Well, everything! पत्तेदार पानी का देवता। Tigers have been long worshiped by forest dwelling communities because they recognise that Tiger Forests are providers of water. A good way to understand this better might be to listen in to what over one million #KidsforTigers children, who have found a connection with nature, all across the nation know, almost by heart: “You cannot save the tiger without saving its diverse forests. This ends up saving the entire gamut of biodiversity ranging from termites and turtles, to butterflies and bears. In the process we end up saving the source of pure water supply to over 600 Indian rivers. There is more. Wild ecosystems can only be regenerated and flourish by ‘stealing’ carbon dioxide from the air, which happens to be our best hope to counter the worst impacts of climate change.” Put another way, saving tigers ends up saving humans… our health, our economy, our lives are connected to the #Tiger. #WildForLife #SDGs #ClimateAction #ActNow Dress @pankajandnidhi Photography @rohanshrestha Hair @francovallelonga Styling @shahriyar_adil & @mitalig_ Cover and feature @reverie.india