a monsoon sampler

What is the Monsoon?

• Rain of Life and Death:  Is it a season or a wind and why is it so special to Indians anyway?  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/monsoon/html/intro.html 

• Water in India:  Too much too little - http://www.devalt.org/water/WaterinIndia/characteristics.htm   Is the weather much the same all over India?  What are some of the typical things that we CAN say about the climate in India? What are some of the problems that this pattern creates?

Mood Music

• Music Especially for the Rains: Listen to some samples  http://www.rhapsody.com/hariprasadchaurasia/meghmalharvol3 
• Find Your Monsoon Raag:  http://www.soundofindia.com/raagas.asp

A Photo Essay

• India's Water Woes http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dammed/photo.html

An Issue

• Monsoon Drought Flood and Big Dams:  Some places have too much and some none at all.  What can we do? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dammed/debate_3.html

A Solution

• A Solution for Calcutta:  A community based resource recovery model - a model of success also! http://www.changemakers.net/journal/98october/ghosh.cfm