“We saw Lord Shiva’s face on the mountain as the water came hurtling towards us.”
A group of 60 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were travelling in three buses on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. The whereabouts of around 40 travelling in two of those buses remain unknown.
The 21 pilgrims in the third bus had a miraculous escape, scrambling to higher ground as the waters rushed down.
I met them at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport as they headed home via Delhi to Chennai — counting their blessings, but deeply worried about those still missing.
Their extraordinary account of survival. #NepalFloods #NDTV
Glaciers: Ancient Deposits
The glaciers have been our ancient fixed deposits. We have been living out of their interest, but now those FDs are turning into current accounts. So, for a while, for the next 20 years, it would appear as if we have so much water. We will have floods for the next 20 years, as we are experiencing these days.
But sometime around the end of these 20 years, the ice in the glaciers will reduce to such an extent that even an accelerated rate of melting will start proving insufficient to feed the rivers. At the turn of 20 years, the rivers will start thinning down, and they'll keep thinning down, and they will die down.
Even the holiest of rivers that we have in the North Indian plains start receiving lesser water. What happens to the huge mass of population living here? What happens?
Wah, @navikakumar ji wah! Love your journalism. 👏😂
Last evening, @TimesNow put out a poll on X asking whether it was time to consider ‘Quota Reform’.
A grand total of 17 people participated in this so-called ‘poll/survey’.
And by 10:30 PM, Times Now was already flashing the ‘results’: 87% said YES to quota reform.
17 respondents. National television. ‘Survey’ results declared.
Peak journalism! 🫡🤣