Unexpected Rains (or so it is called by some)

It is quite saddening to see the state of affairs in Bombay in terms of government and official response to the Bombay rains. One cannot help but notice the parallel to the extremely poor response to the crisis during Hurricane Katrina. Day after day newspapers publish stories reporting the struggles of Mumbai-ites and yet none of it seems to trigger any form of response from those who have been elected to deal with these very situations...one cannot but help think of Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco and who not. The story here is same as there---just as Nagin and the DC Black Suits are busy pointing fingers at each other same is the case here...actually it's an attitude of sheer ignorance. The mayor just in yesterday's paper has been criticized for lack of response and yet it is apparent that come the time she (the mayor is a female---interestingly she lives in the mayoral house a bit further down in the same row as we are staying) will dismiss the lack of response to unexpected amounts of rainfall...sounds just about right. The question then becomes---what can be done about it? Who are we to sit here and blame the Mumbai-ites for not doing anything??? The same is the case in the US no??? I cannot count how many times people here have brought up Georgie Boy and asked why we elected him in not once BUT twice...do we have an answer??? No!!! Just as we sit helplessly and wonder what exactly is going on---same is the case here...