Downsides of Tourism, Progress and Development-1 - "Water, Water Everywhere....?"
Truly bemused. At the multiple versions of progress and development in my country. We 'progressed' from a smaller car to a small car about 10 years ago, that takes us conveniently on short road-trips to simple destinations, for down-to-earth purposes. Roads, cars, water Earlier this week, we traveled to Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi to take in sights of the bluest expanse of seas, temples tiny and huge, holy theerthams, cyclone-ravaged ruins, and awesome achievements in infrastructure. Salt in the making A modified salt-making process could provide potable water, surely? Ruins at Dhanushkodi Azure seas - sight for city-sore eyes, but livelihood for fisherfolk For faster and smoother progress But with the senses long awakened to the rather obvious 'downsides' of tourism, we have returned with less solace (not that we went seeking any). Women and girls with water pots in their hand and heads are a familiar sight all over arid regions in Indi