Where o' where is the north east monsoon?
Kerala, over the years, enjoyed the benefit of both, the south west monsoon during the months of May and Jun and the north east monsoon during the months of Nov and Dec, every year - the former is called the 'Edavappaathi' and the latter, the 'Thulaavarsham' as per the months on the Malayalam calendar during which the monsoons are active. The Thulaavarsham is characterised by its evening downpour, together with lightning and thunder as the accompaniment!
This year, sadly, there has been no trace of the Thulaavarsham thus far and the month of 'Thulaam' has already given way to the month of 'Vruschikam'! (Our caretaker, back home however, reports of frequent rains at my parents' place probably, because of that area's proximity to the western ghats and the spillover of rains from the neighbouring Tamilnadu!) Green house effect, carbon emissions, reduced green cover of the earth and the depletion of the Ozone layer etc. would be technical jargon that the environmentalists will use to describe the impasse. In other words, the world is paying a price for the waywardness in the manner that mankind has lived, thus far, exploiting nature for its livelihood neither caring to give back anything in return nor putting efforts to nurture it.
The vigorous planting of trees and hooking on to certain environment protection schemes have come as a shot in the arm but it's the best example of remedial measures being 'too little, too late'! And the results, to show, will have its own lead time. Many parts of the state are reeling under near drought conditions and people find it difficult to get their share of potable water!
And the meteorologists are still not talking about favourable weather patterns, indicating imminent monsoons. So, it's gonna be a long wait and I shudder to think about its cascading effects!
Tailpiece.
The winter session of the Parliament has been in deadlock. What bothers me is that the GST Bill is gonna get further delayed owing to differences between the states and the center over the administrative control, making its roll out on 01 Apr '17 look impossible, as of now. How I wish that all the political parties give up their petty games and unite for something that's for the national good!
Kerala, over the years, enjoyed the benefit of both, the south west monsoon during the months of May and Jun and the north east monsoon during the months of Nov and Dec, every year - the former is called the 'Edavappaathi' and the latter, the 'Thulaavarsham' as per the months on the Malayalam calendar during which the monsoons are active. The Thulaavarsham is characterised by its evening downpour, together with lightning and thunder as the accompaniment!
This year, sadly, there has been no trace of the Thulaavarsham thus far and the month of 'Thulaam' has already given way to the month of 'Vruschikam'! (Our caretaker, back home however, reports of frequent rains at my parents' place probably, because of that area's proximity to the western ghats and the spillover of rains from the neighbouring Tamilnadu!) Green house effect, carbon emissions, reduced green cover of the earth and the depletion of the Ozone layer etc. would be technical jargon that the environmentalists will use to describe the impasse. In other words, the world is paying a price for the waywardness in the manner that mankind has lived, thus far, exploiting nature for its livelihood neither caring to give back anything in return nor putting efforts to nurture it.
The vigorous planting of trees and hooking on to certain environment protection schemes have come as a shot in the arm but it's the best example of remedial measures being 'too little, too late'! And the results, to show, will have its own lead time. Many parts of the state are reeling under near drought conditions and people find it difficult to get their share of potable water!
And the meteorologists are still not talking about favourable weather patterns, indicating imminent monsoons. So, it's gonna be a long wait and I shudder to think about its cascading effects!
Tailpiece.
The winter session of the Parliament has been in deadlock. What bothers me is that the GST Bill is gonna get further delayed owing to differences between the states and the center over the administrative control, making its roll out on 01 Apr '17 look impossible, as of now. How I wish that all the political parties give up their petty games and unite for something that's for the national good!
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