Reading blog 1 natural disasters- 2/1/09

For the natural disasters blog, I researched Monsoons. An article that I found called Indian Monsoons Intensifying, Hazard Risks Increasing, Study Says, is about how the Monsoons in India are getting worse since 50 years ago. I think that all of this increasing of Monsoons is causing more devastation to the people of India and their way of life. In comparison, for the book we are reading Nectar In A Sieve, the Monsoons affect Kamalas' and everyone else's lives who have to endure them because through all the flooding, crops are ruined, homes are wiped out, possessions are gone, money is lost, and family is killed. In contrast to Nectar In A Sieve, as mentioned earlier, the Monsoons are getting much worse so the proportions of destruction are becoming bigger which means that life today in India has much more of a chance of Monsoons and destruction as opposed to Kamalas India. In addition, the article said that regular rains needed to help with crops and such is decreasing while heavier rains are increasing which will definitely be a big problem in the future and now. 

MLA for Nectar In A Sieve:

Markandaya, Kamala. Nectar In A Sieve. Signet Classic, 2002. (N.I.A.S should be underlined not bold but blogger does not have the underlining capability)