OP-ED: Who’ll stop the rain?

How India’s water has been epically mismanaged
It has rained non-stop all this week in my hometown of Panjim, the pocket-sized capital city of India’s smallest state. 

Right outside where I live, beside the estuary where the Mandovi river meets the Arabian Sea at Aguada Bay, the landscape is drenched and utterly dreamy: Sky and sea blurring into each other with sublime effect. 

This, of course, is the magnificent south-west monsoon, the dramatic weather event that plays out in spectacular style from June to September each year. It is the basis of our civilization, the backbone of our food security, and the wellspring of our culture.