[PADA: Wow. My friends in India said it is already scorching hot and it is not even the hottest time of year. India relies mainly on coal fired power plants, and there has been a shortage of coal. At the same time, the coal burning makes a lot of smoke and smog, which is not desired especially when it is hot, the smog just hangs in the air.
Overall, the big plan to move in a lot of new industrial manufacturing plants to India does not seem feasible -- when there evidently won't be enough power to run these factories. It looks like India will be hobbled by their power supply problem for the near future. Devotees are already not looking forward to the heat season, as the power just gets cut off over there -- willy nilly -- without any warning. OK no air conditioning, not even a fan. Alternate power sources are possible, but will take a lot of time to develop.
In sum, it looks like India will not suddenly overtake China by moving the manufacturing process to there, as has been the supposed "India government plan" for the future. It is just not up to the job infrastructure-wise. Of course, that is the problem all over the world with big manufacturing programs, it is very energy intensive and big power plants are needed to keep things running full tilt, to keep these operations going. All of which is polluting the planet more, which makes the climate even worse, and so on.
In sum, making India the next big manufacturing base for the world, is just not going to happen on any big scale. At the same time, because of severe changes to the weather, water shortages, and over-dependence on artificial fertilizers, India's rural sector is in trouble as well. So trying to build on that program is also hobbled in different ways. In other words, it looks like Krishna is clamping down on India for its abandoning Vedic principles and chasing the Western lifestyle.
I feel bad for my devotee friends over there, it looks like they are in for a rough time this summer. And India overall is in for a rough time. Krishna is not pleased, that is the sum and substance of all this.
Srila Prabhupada said harinama samkirtana would help bring back rain and helpful weather. Yet that was the first thing the GBC did, they kicked out almost all the samkirtana devotees and made the common people ask "what ever happened to the Hare Krishnas (and their kirtan)". As one devotee just said, they made the harinama samkirtana movement nearly disappear, in the name of expanding the harinama samkirtana movement. ys pd
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