Never-ending conferences and discussions are happening around the world on imminent Global warming. We all have become bored with News items on Global Warming, its effect on global weather conditions, melting of ice glaciers, and rise in sea level and so on. No significant actionable items have come from these conferences. We meet, we discuss and we disperse. We can count very few actionable items on this but developed countries are not willing to pay their money alone or utilize their resources to resolve this crisis. They want each and every country, however poor, to pool money and resources and take part in tackling this crisis. I, somehow, agree with their part of stories. They are not the only one to be blamed for Global warming pheonomenon. Anyway, that’s not the topic for this discussion. Let’s come back to our own topic, where we left.

Although I too agree with Scientists community with their theories on global warming, their predictions and its probable impacts across the world but I tends to disagree if it will impact every regions across world negatively. It seems to me that few regions or countries may get benefit because of global warming. There are facts, which are making me to believe this. Please read on.

India is the country, whose large chunk of population is dependent on income generated by Agriculture. Agriculture is one of the major components of India’s flourishing economy. Because of low per capita income, most of the farmers in India are unable to buy bore well pumps to irrigate their lands. On the other hand, Perennial Rivers are the only source of potable waters in urban areas. Considering this, most of the farmers as well as large population of Urban India are dependent on monsoon (Rainy seasons from June to September) without any doubt.

India had faced worst famine in most part of last decade of last century. Poor farmers turned poorer. Fortunately India had appreciable rainfalls during Monsoon period for last four to six years continuously. To the Government and people’s surprise, rainfall was more or less distributed all over the country. This benefitted farmers and filled up reservoirs and rivers as well for their irrigation need. Unfortunately, excessive rainfalls caused flooding in many parts of country as well. They says, when it rains, it pours. To everyone’s wonder, even India’s most arid (Desert) zone (Rajasthan) was also flooded in year 2007.

More we talked globally about Global warming and its negative impact, more rains India received.

Year 2008 should be kept in History books (not sure if history will repeat itself in future). India receives excessive rains through out years. This is the first time in recent times, when met dept declared that we had excessive rains in most part of India and rare occurrence of drought like situations only in few districts. No sunstrokes deaths reported from any part of country (Sunstroke leads to hundreds of deaths in India every summer) and summer of 2008 was never felt like any other Indian summer.  

If Global warming will keep on benefitting India in this way in future, then we Indians will love Global warming. Let there be more rains. Amen.

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