Monsoon problems in India have led to locals trying some ... interesting ... solutions.

Naked girls plough Indian fields for rain
Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plough parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday... "They (villagers) believe their acts would get the weather gods badly embarrassed, who in turn would ensure bumper crops by sending rains," Upendra Kumar, a village council official.

And you know what? It seems to be working. All hail the naked young women.

India's monsoon rains were 15 percent above normal in the week to July 22, the second consecutive week of above-average rainfall after an exceptionally dry patch since the start of the season... Total rainfall since the beginning of June was 19 percent below average, improving from a 27 percent deficit in the previous week, the India Meteorological Department said.

There's still a long way to go, so let's all pull in together to help poor Indian farmers. Young women everywhere ... get out there, and get naked. Those rain gods need to be embarrassed some more.

(Click the category "environment" for more posts about this year's monsoon problems.)