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Ignore the date on the picture. I grew up thinking it was the 24th but it's actually the 21st.
You can see villagers bathing on the left side. The 125-mile canal irrigates 200,000 hectares of fertile land along the banks of the Kaveri.
In Chennai... if it rains, it drizzles...
Jun. 20th, 2005 08:18 pmYay! First day of rain since arriving in India. You have to understand that Chennai and the monsoon have a hit-miss relationship. More often than not this wonderfully hot city will descend into a week of stickiness and overcast conditions as the monsoon lashes itself on all regions except here! Then, just when you think it's going to rain, you wake up to a clear-sky day and grumble one's way to work. Today however, Indra (the Hindu God of Thunder & Rain) decided to fill up the manholes and other roadly-crevices with sweet acid rain. Is there more around the corner? *silent prayer*
The rest of this post is rather long and dry for those who don't know much about the linguistic diversity of India. If however you'd like to learn some rather useless information, feel free to ( Read more... )
The rest of this post is rather long and dry for those who don't know much about the linguistic diversity of India. If however you'd like to learn some rather useless information, feel free to ( Read more... )
