Finally, it is raining. Although we missed out on the furious, thunderous, murderous rains of June and July, I think August is going to bring the kind of steady drizzle that sustains life in this part of the world.
It started raining around 2 AM last night, and it is still raining now, eight hours later. I hope more rain comes, lasts for five-six days. There are more and more stories about how farmers have been forced to pump ground-water to irrigate their paddies. This means the poor farmer who has to rely entirely upon rain [sky-water, as they call it in Nepali] for his subsistence-crop will suffer disproportionately: there is no ground water under his dry, rocky fields; he has no money for additional infrastructure, .
म आज रोपाइँ हेर्न भनेरै फाँटैफाँट धापाखेलदेखि ग्वार्कोसम्म हिँडेर आएको । खेतभरि मान्छे थिए, रोपाइँको चटारो थियो । साह्रै रमाइलो भयो ।
ReplyDeleteaaja ta pani paryo, ropain bhayo. tara yo monsoon bhar pardo chha jasto lagya chhaina malai.
ReplyDelete3 din samma parcha rey, forecast anusar yesari nai !
ReplyDeletepani parna thale pachhi ma 10 baje aghi uthnai sakeko chhaina... kasto masta nidra lagna thalya chha, ekdamai rasilo, rasilo sapana dekhna thalya chhu.
ReplyDeletemero kotha mathi chhat parya bhayera rati aber samma concrete le tato chhodi rakchha. tara ahile chain palloghar ko makaibari ma jhari parchha, hamro tol ka dui-tin madhye euta latokosero mero jhyal bahira aayera baschha ani ali ali chiso lage pachhi blanket odhera sutda uthai man lagdaina.
ajhai paros, arko ek-dui hapta nai paros. yo barsa parnu parne pani ajhai parya chhaina. khola-muhan replenish garna paryo, batti nikalna paryo. saun ra bhadau bhari paros pani.
पानी प-यो भनेर खुशी हुन नपाउँदै बाढी र पहिरोले मान्छे मरेको समाचार सुनिसकियो । पानी परोस् तर बिस्तारै बिस्तारै परोस् ।
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