Abke saawan aise barse...

Bhuwan and the fellows are pleading to the clouds for the much awaited rains on the parched land of Champaner .In the other flick Nargis, with her children carrying the plough,is trying hard to persuade the villagers not to leave the flooded village as it is their mother land. These scenes may have nominated two hindi movies for the academy awards but the harsh truth is that the scenes are depiction of real situation of Indian framers.60% of the Indian agricultural land is dependent on rains. Every year either the droughts or the floods kill the production. Last year more than 50% of India faced deficient while 9% had the excess rains. The major food and commercial crops like rice, pulses, peanuts, soybeans and cotton get largely effected.
The villages may eagerly be waiting for the season but city like Mumbai wants to prepare itself for the heavy rains against the backdrop of bad infrastructure. Even if we forget the july'05 heavy floods in Mumbai the monsoons every year disrupts the life of the cities. Public transport comes to a halt. Trains and flights get cancelled. The government stands with their hands-up to tell the voters that the monsoons are not controlled by them and hence cannot do anything for the failure of the system.In the north the capital is waiting for the rains so that the mercury comes down and the power cuts get over. But a slight heavy rain again disrupts the railways and transportation. Last year when IGI airport got flooded the blame game started and finally Mrs. Sheila Dikshit came out defending everyone and blamed Indra Dev for the menace. People still want to know if the rains can ever be heavier enough to have a water-logging inside an international airport.
Every year Orissa faces the storms ,Bihar battles the floods and U.P demands money for the drought affected regions.The Indian economy being heavily dependent on monsoon keeps an eye on the IMD forecasts .A 'normal' monsoon is likely to boost the produce and bring down the inflation. If the rains do not disturb Kosi then Bihar may stay focused on its road to development.
It may take years to develop a good infrastructure of roads and canals in India but till then the blue billion keep their hopes high and wish for themselves a Happy Monsoon.