As I woke up this morning it was cooler than usual, the last few days have been terribly hot… but today was different, the morning was quite pleasant, in fact there was one thought running on my mind, “did it rain?”
It’s that time of the year wherein everyone (in India) is eagerly awaiting the rains, after all the weather is one of the few the things not liked hot, and the rains come in, bringing comfort from the torrid temperatures. Talking about rains, it’s a complete mood changer, in fact just the sound of it brings a feeling of glee, imagine then the joys of getting drenched, and that’s all I did growing up, playing football and getting wet in the rain… it was simply awesome, but then as time passed by, the rains have stopped being as exciting for me for many a reasons; to begin with I live in Mumbai and this over populated city is being pushed to its brink, I still have memories the 26/7 floods that happened a few years back, that almost changed my likeness for the rains, in fact just this morning, I read that the BMC doesn’t really have enough of time to clear the nullahs in the city, which only means, that on high tide day if it rains, Mumbai city could be drowning again. Another point to make is the travel, with the city infrastructure in an overhaul mode, traveling within the city which is a task any which ways, during the rains becomes a dare. As trains are perpetually late, the roads get jammed with crawling vehicles and not much place for a walking pedestrian as the roads are clogged with water. Just the thought of all this is putting me off, but I woke up this morning all happy because I thought it rained.
So what do I do now, perhaps, soak up on some pleasantries’ of the rains, the mushy mood it brings along and the appetite to munch on hot food. I think the rains like everything else in this world has two sides; good and bad. While everything is accepted the way it is. I think I look forward to the rains in the same way as I did growing up, saying to myself “Rain Rain come again and come soon”. ;)
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