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Dilli seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Delhi Floods over with monsoon woes, but easily forgets the parched summers just left behind Monsoon Rains in India: The life giver that also sends rural and urban life in the sub-continent into a tail-spin! Life loses balance for Indians in our villages and cities alike. And yet we all wait for this life giving season of profusion and renewal. Peepal or Ficus religiosa leaves drop the excess rains of the monsoons. A House Crow sits in its nest high above a road, on a peepal tree, and gets wet in the rain, but steadfastly protects its chicks in the nest. Meanwhile, the city traffic weaves its way on uneven and flooded roads. Cars plough through brown muddy waters, whil tuk tuk auto rickshaw three wheelers break down as water enters t
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