Happy Indeed: July's Kind - Lets Monsoon Nestle Onshore (HIJKLMNO) (H20) :P

Soften the parched Earth,
Drops of bounty, eliminate dearth,
Wash sins and frowns and tears away,
A new cycle begins today,
(Got to love the ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆ :P ) (Mungaaru MaLe)
Quench the thirsts of throat and soul,
Heat and dust and routine have taken their toll,
A nation prays, then opens palms,
To collect the sky's lifegiving, benevolent alms.


The Monsoon's here!!!! :D One of the most powerful characterising images of our great nation. India is still largely agrarian, and alongwith the love of good food, a passion for cricket, a dosage of Bolly / Sandal / Tolly / Kollywood - (which themselves celebrate the rain - hot pakodas, the saviour that is the D/L Method, and various fantastic songs picturised in or about the rain) the monsoon is something that binds every Indian. Who doesn't love the delight on a tense expectant farmer's face, or the guilt ridden smiles of school children coming home wet, muddy, and sneezing; but content? The raucous peals of laughter from street urchins taking refuge from the sun's heat?

More than the obvious and pressing scientific, and ecological reasons, these little things are something that we have got to preserve. Global warming induced climate change is going to kill the monsoon as we know it. It might not mean drought, but raging floods and angry swells of water are something that we wouldn't want to face either. Everyone knows that the government should plan better drainage and water storage-transport methods to ration this seasonal waterfall to yield amorous year round supplies, but at the minute, civic infrastructure / policy is not something that is going to radically change. But by no means does that mean we should quell the voice of dissent, disappointment and disapproval from the throng. We've got to push them. But if anything concrete is going to happen, it'll have to happen at the grassroots level. What do we do? Simple - just believe in the power of change that each person can bring about. Save water, implement rain water harvesting if you can, collect water - not only in reservoirs, but in gardens and plants. Park your car outside, so that it gets a thorougher wash with purer water than any person would be able to give it :P. Enjoying the bounty doesn't necessarily mean more (ab)use.


Have a happy monsoon!

--Submitted by eponymous on Thu, 16/07/2009 - 06:49

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This was something I'd been ruminating over for sometime. Setting up a profile on http://www.greenidol.in (this month - July '09) which offers a blog platform to air ideas, and views about climate change etc. finally got me to write the post. Funny how this happens - I seem to post at the most quirky times, indicative of some, some....delayed spontaneity if you will. (just like in that sentence :P)