Perhaps, then, the entrenched Bangladeshi tradition of designing life in harmony with the cadences of nature is ahead of its time. Disruption has been and still is so normal that Mourshed"s school calendar reflected it. "We had school holidays around the floods to minimise loss [of school days]. We called it the fruits and harvest break," he said, "But it wasn"t just summer break. It was a chance to enjoy nature"s bounty."