In the last few weeks since the media storm on drought hit our politicians, several of them have made statements the importance of a community-based rainwater harvesting strategy to drought proof the country. Anil Agarwal had argued for a community-based rainwater harvesting paradigm. The developments show that community-based rainwater harvesting may well become a widely adopted paradigm in the years to come both in the urban and rural areas - a fortunate result of the current drinking water crisis created by last year's monsoon failure...editorial