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The lyrical names for rainfall in Malenadu

“For generations, people in Malnad have understood the monsoon not as one long spell of rain but as a succession of distinct phases, each associated with a nakshatra or ‘rain star,” wrote Radhika Hegde in a lyrical essay in Deccan Herald…

“For generations, people in Malnad have understood the monsoon not as one long spell of rain but as a succession of distinct phases, each associated with a nakshatra or ‘rain star,” wrote Radhika Hegde in a lyrical essay in Deccan Herald

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