God’s own country, in deluge While the month of August 2018 brought out images of flooding caused by opening up of dams due to heavy rains in Kerala, while preparing to mark the first anniversary of floods this year, God's own country is yet again, deluged in rains that is far exceeding the normal patterns of rainfall in the state. This year, however, it is unprecedented landslides in hilly regions and washing away of huge tracks of soil that is taking its toll on people of this beautiful state in South India. I translate and reproduce here, a portion of a write up, I came across in Vadakancherry online , which reflects the reality on ground zero and exemplifies public reaction to natural calamities in the state reinforcing my faith in this land and its people. “Henceforth no one should call it God’s own country! What kind of land is this? What kind of people live in this land? Shopkeepers up the s
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