This title rings a bell in your mind. Yeh, you are right. T. S. Eliot's Wasteland.
April is the cruelest month,
Breeding lilacs out of the dead land
Mixing memory and desire...blah blah
Hyderabad this summer has been scorching. Never in the past ten years have I experienced this kind of weather during summer. Heat waves engulf the city throughout the day, strangling people with heat and spreading sunstrokes and dehydration. Even when standing in the shade, the winds have the potential to bake your brains and fill your ears with blazing hot air. Its like you are inches away from a furnace this time.
Nights are no better. Where have those winds gone that used to cool the city at night and lull everyone to sleep? Are we heading towards a situation where every household must definitely have an air cooler or an air conditioner?
If this is a temporary change in weather I am not going to crib. But just imagine if this is a consequence of rising temperatures globally. If this continues, I am afraid all of us have to start contributing to reducing global warming in a big way. I am scared and worried. Are we slowly making this Planet inhabitable for ourselves and many other species of living things.
Where are we heading?
Sunday, May 4, 2008
April is the cruelest month!
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I went through your interesting posts. Write ups on Web 2 and everthing related to internet are informative....thanks
winter, when it arrived, was very severe here, and summer so far has been positively cold. but yes, global warming is a reality. you know how the west has really fucked up its natural resources and environment, and they are now depending on india and china to save the world by not rushing headlong into industrialization. but i don't see why your average indian or chinese should forgo his airconditioner / car to save the world.
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