First of all I want to apologize for missing out on our quarterly appointment that should have been at the end of August, instead of September.
Weatherwise, the four months were clearly proof of climate change in action, as this period used to be centered on the incoming monsoon and its development, which would bring about more temperate temperature. Unfortunately, June resulted in the hottest June in 40 years with humidity that precedes monsoon weather. After a couple of sporadic showers the heat was relentless and it continued into July, when finally there was a respite with irregular showers. August too brought scarce rains which threatened the survival of the rice saplings in the fields. Some Indian states had floods, others had drought, and we were in between. We were almost resigned to a failed monsoon in the month of September, in which generally the monsoon would be slowly ending. Instead, surprisingly after the first week abundant rains started, although not daily. This fact sort of rebalanced the import of monsoon rain generally expected and partially saved the situation.
The month of June was uneventful with the exception of the vexing weather conditions. All programmes continued as usual and at the end of the month we distributed 100 text books to the pupils of our Fulchatar school.
