An update on The Abode of the Gods Mt.Abu

The Abode of the Gods Mt.Abu.

Blame it on the “BLUE Moon”, Global warming, blah blah—Well the weather sure has taken a strange turn, drought-like conditions have suddenly turned into raging flood conditions in the least expected places in Rajasthan and part of Gujarat. Mount Abu was apprehensive for a short duration with the late arrival of the monsoons, but today, with its reservoir’s almost brimming or overflowing, the Abuites are comfortable that there is enough water to tide them over till the next year.

We still have more rain in the making! Looks like we do not have to resort to the “Indian rain dance to appease the rain gods anymore” as I mentioned earlier, there seems to be a radical change in the weather. The seasons seem to keep pace with the changing pace of human progress; the predictable rise and fall of the monsoons have sure changed over the years. Overnight lightning and thunderstorms followed by cloudbursts seem to be the norm.

I, for one, love and appreciate the steady rainfall that used to be Abu’s hallmark; today I’m apprehensive when I see this dramatic change in nature.

OH, By the way, I was to apprise you of the latest events in Abu, well some young men went bathing the day before late in the evening to one of our waterfalls on the way down and two of them did not make it back as they were swept away and their bodies only recovered the next day. Tonight I heard it through the grape wine that a lad from Delwara went for a dip in Mini Nakki Lake and drowned, will look out for the local paper tomorrow to confirm the news.

Some snaps I took a few days ago on the latest in Abu.

Blue Moon Taken in Abu 31 Aug 2012 

Not so Blue

Return of the sparrows 

Rammed into a date palm tree

Monsoons in the Abode Mt. Abu

The monsoons have finally declared their initial charisma in the Abode. Dawn was covered with a dense shroud of mist, and then the rain came pouring down.

 I took a drive to Delwara and returned via town to appraise the situation, it was BAD, the roads in most places we're waterlogged, thank to contractors who used the side of the roads to dump tractor loads of debris. The stench all around was sickening, the temporary covered pot holes now exposed reminded me of the craters I had viewed on the moon through a friends telescope.

Its time the people of this Grand semi-hill station aired their voices and grievances to see that this place is restored to its former glory of being "GREEN N CLEAN"

How long it will take? Well most would, shrug and say, It's only a pipe dream. Man wake up, you know how the wheels churn, real slow through the mud and grime.

The lights blinked off early in the morning and only returned in the evening, the area around Delwara is still without lights and it’s a bet they will only be restored sometime tomorrow, hope this end hold or we’ll be back to lighting candles and having our dinner by candle light. “Imagine candle light dinner”. Three Cheers for the Advent of the monsoons in the Abode.