Down to the water

Hailing from Madhubani, I have seen how floods have made farming and forestry unviable livelihood options.

Among the most enduring and inalienable factors of India-Nepal relations is the perennial flood that causes ‘rainy days’ and haunts the people beyond the borders. Be it the incessant monsoonal rains or the accumulation and compaction of Himalayan snow, the people of the Tarai in Nepal and north Bihar in India find themselves at the receiving end, and face an existential crisis without a miss.