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Chapter 5 details the Manasir's long-honed competence of improvisation through which they overcome their initial disorientation as refugees on the rising reservoir in the former desert wasteland. She concentrates on the large majority of Manasir who opposed the state-sponsored resettlement programme in order to remain in their homeland, as close as possible to the river-turned-reservoir. On the other hand, Hänsch suggests that Manasir history is replete with shifts in residence and livelihoods, creative appropriations of new opportunities like diesel-powered irrigation pumps, and a propensity to improvise with what is at hand. [Extracted from the article]