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No, Dehradun is not.  Recently Thehindu  reported that Dehradun  received  more rainfall than any other city in India(2,865 mm of rainfall between June 1 and September 30-2013)I have been passionately following the Dehradun rainfalls since 2002 (the time I got into journalism) because I found it an extension of my awareness not just of myself, instead the atmosphere I am living in. Out of passion and ignorance combined I also took a video in the month of July and posted on YouTube, claiming that Dehradun was the highest place in India that records rainfalls. I believed the Right ). According to the Hindu newspaper Mumbai came second with 2,365 mm rainfall. Hindu newspaper. See here and the title read, If Dehradun was the highest rainfall receiving spot in India or not. It's not my fault if the IMD, NE can not provide the exact data in a leading newspaper like the Hindu. They have data from Guwahati, Imphal but not Meghalaya. Cant help but get misled. However my d...

TIME-8:55 PM - AS I WRITE THE STORM ‘ Phailin must have hit the coastal regions of India as many parts of the Eastern India must be flooded with Durga Puja greetings. A part of my India is in pain and undergoing a natural disaster, hence the blog. Far away from family the other deluge did affect me to write what I feel. Parts in Behrampur, Jagatsinghpur, Gopalpur and almost half a dozen other coasts must have been hit and by now (Sunday-11:31 AM) the TV media must be busy assessing the damage. 9:30 - As I write no one (media, NDRC, NDMA, people, politicians and other relief operations group) members must be near the coasts. No one till the deep night crossing Saturday into Sunday, will get to know what happens exactly for neatly five kilometers off the coast would see, Not untill Sunday or Monday morning. Nobomi for Bengalis. A Fisherman trying to rescue himself and the boat Have been tracking the cyclone news since morning, the cyclone ‘Phailin’. The news reporting experi...