Just today I was chatting my mom about this Shraadh ,during which in Hindu religion food is offered to our dead forefathers,and I suddenly recalled my grandmother telling me about it raining once during Shraadh ,so that those who don't have anyone to offer them lunch ,satisfy their hunger by drinking rain water.And today being the last day there is no sign of rains.No I am not accusing god ,or implying there must have been some mistake in his rain book,but i am pointing towards this changing climate by this small incident.Weather changes which we earlier used to take for granted are becoming history slowly and slowly.Tim Flannery,a Australian scientist has said that global economic boom has accelerated greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold not expected for a decade and could potentially cause irreversible climate change.This scenario is akin to the movie 'DAY AFTER TOMORROW' in which there is sudden climate shift towards the ice age.Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change establishes that amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is already above the threshold that could potentially cause dangerous climate change.And this resulting global warming is driving up humidity levels ,with the risk that rainfall patterns will shift or strengthen,tropical storms will intensify and human health may suffer from heat stress .Already in Rajasthan this effect can be seen with flooding in Barmer district ,an area which usually faces drought problems,and it's soil not being adapted to deal with excess water ,rose the problems of water borne diseases due to stagnant water.This what is gonna happen until and unless some severe steps are taken to deal with this demon of global warming.
