Goa brims this time of the year.
The rivers churn to run mud-flecked red to the wind-blown shore.
All this is cool relief after the sweltering summer months, as the wells and groundwater become replenished straight from the skies.
Just a couple of weeks from now, revellers will celebrate the carnival of Sao Joao, where everyone gets wet while loving every minute of it.
But even as we luxuriate in this climatic blessing, there are grave warning signs in other parts of the country.
The city, built for 25 thousand residents in the colonial period, is now home to 10 times as many.
Its already overburdened infrastructure is sorely tested by four million tourists per year.
According to the ministry of water resources’ own data, annual per capita water availability fell 15% between 2001-2011 and will fall another 13% by 2025, followed by 15% again by 2050.
Of all the groundwater extracted in the world, more than a quarter is pumped out in India, which is significantly more than China and the United States combined.
Thousands of age-old wells have become polluted and unusable.