Mount Abu “A ghost town July, 3, 2009”

The small one horse town of Abu was almost completely abandoned by its local population on July, 3, 2009. No there was no curfew, no band called for in the true sense of a band, no government action making Abu an Eco-sensitive Zone, or natural disaster such as the erupting of an extinct volcano.It was an all out effort by the Banya community and other citizens, to make an all out endeavor to appease the rain gods to shower this Abode of ours with abundant rain this coming monsoons, by offering “Havans” and by appeasing the forest gods by spending the whole day praying and picnicking. Prior to the offering of the havans, the sky had become overcast and that afternoon we had a shower, followed by what one would have expected the commencement of the monsoons, but alas ! I wonder what went wrong.
Did the weather mans forecast and his modern technology go BOOM or the smoke from the pure ghee offered during the “Havan” not appease the rain gods as he might have deemed that the purity offered by the general public was not genuine ,or is its mans greed that has finally put paid to the goodness of the monsoons. We blame global warming, for all our misfortunes, but pray it’s our own folly that has brought it upon us, if only human greed could heed the warning of all the negative signs nature has thrown at us we might be living in a better and cleaner world.
Any one reading this mad raving of mine could do oneself a big favour by clicking on the link below and listening to the youth of today. If clicking does not work copy and past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WzgVMp7-Lo