The monsoon always catches the government unawares
FIRST there was the mounting suspense. All of India awaited with bated breath the arrival of the south west monsoon. Would it arrive? Miraculously, politicians went into intricate calculations: would the bounty be enough to sustain the GDP growth projected in the Tenth Five Year Plan? Then came the rains. Dismay and utter chaos. There were floods. Death and catastrophe. In India, it rains only with vehemence. And