Mehta is best-known for her Elements trilogy, Earth (1996), Fire (1998) and the Oscar-nominated Water (2005), films that explore uncomfortable issues beneath the veneer of Indian society.

梅塔最有名的作品是由影片《土》(1996)、火(1998)和获奥斯卡最佳外语片提名的《水》(2005)组成的“元素三部曲”。这三部电影探讨存在于印度社会表面底下的令人不安的问题。

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We have forgotten that clean drinking water is a gift, an amazing feat, and a vital component to our health and well being, not just as individuals but as a society.

我们早已忘记清洁的饮用水是礼物，是创举，并且也是个人和社会健康福荫的要旨所在。

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Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life.

社会就像是一大块的冷冻水和滑冰好是伟大的艺术社会生活。

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It gathers together political leaders, policy and decision-makers, water specialists, water providers, civil society, water educators, media, and a wide range of stakeholders.

UNESCO: at the Sixth World Water Forum

Increasing competition over water resources is also leading to conflicts between the private sector, agriculture water users, and civil society.

FORBES: World Water Day 2013: Water as a Catalyst for Peace

Cognizant of the need for water managers, government leaders, civil society and businesses to work together to sustainably manage water under uncertainty and risk in an integrated and coordinated manner, UNESCO is hosting the Future Forum on "Global Water Futures 2050" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 12 April 2012.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN VENICE