English Common Course and the Floods

When the first time I heard the term Mega Floods, I was in the middle of packing my breakfast. The television set was blaring news about the nonstop raining in Kerala and the water that was unstoppable. Most of the rivers were overflowing. Villages and cities were underwater. My house was situated near the sloping-side of a plateau. I feared everything. I was afraid of every drop of rain that fell on our land. The flood wasn't going to affect us. But landslides could kill us all. This was in...