quick one on the go

pokhara noon. late august.... rainy season..
second largest city of nepal.. pokhara is built on a lake.. nice spot.. clean water..   there are himalaya behind the clouds they tell me.. .. but what i like about it here is the air.. so good..   theres a great german bakery as well.. mmm.. otherwise its a bit of a tourist trap... good to rest for a few days..   its a holiday resort.. probably was very nice 30 odd years ago.. the nepalese component is just a faded memory now.. the odd shadow..  some aging tibetan refugees.. carrying a great weight..  rather beyond poignant.. people who waited all their lives to go back to home.. but knew somewhere that it wasnt going to be..   paying for the mistakes of their ancestors.. but blessed by the same ancestors with a great wealth nevertheless..
but to go back a little way.. travelling through bihar and uttar pradesh a few weeks ago,  i saw more fertile green land than i ever imagined existed..  rice paddies on and on.. and on.. ..
what is on my mind is that even if half of what the experts say is true, there will be precious little water to water them in a few years.. and so no rice..  even as a result of a slight climate change ..  there is also nothing i saw that indicates that there is mobilization of the population in light of this..  and a massive mobilization will be needed in india..  if a billion odd souls are to have any chance of survival....(which it seems that they will be denied...) so .. water is not so much the problem..  but mentality..   corrupt old india's days are numbered.

nepal on the other hand seems to have abundant water for the time being at least.( and a fraction of the population)  it is close by.. .. it is also pretty well a total shambles.. if there is a government it is probably off somewhere helping some relative fix up his hostel.. the place is so disorganized....  the social system has fostered a status quo where talent cannot rise to the top.. so it either leaves the country or withers... and what you get is a corrupt and talentless governement and society.. a rigid, stagnant society...  but i feel its days are numbered...
a lot of nepalese are very fine.. people..   and nepal has many friends..(i count myself as one...) which will be all that will win this place through if there are serious problems.. and it looks to me like serious problems are just around the corner.  (its started already with the end of the monarchy 2008). .. not just from water problems.(india).   the place is hidebound. ... beautiful country.. lovely people... but change is so needed  and so happening.... a total shakeup.. hence the maoists..  mmm.  time for the power elites that have kept the country in stasis for hundreds of years to be totally cleaned out i'd say..
 great tourist destination.. mountains like no other..  its got many blessings...

a quiet word to all the good nepalese in the diaspora .. i reckon it maybe time to start thinking about what you can do for nepal... in light of the changes that are about to take place..  its you who are needed now.. here.. in nepal.. thats my opinion anyway..