A water saga – blowing hot and cold


There is a drought up north; there are floods in the Klang Valley. And in the midst of it all comes a water music festival. Should we protest or go with the flow?

SOME years ago, I was on a trip to India with a few colleagues and we were headed from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka. It was not a good time to be there – the two states were “at war” over water.

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