Monsoon arrives...

Finally, some decent downpour… The sky over laden with slowly approaching rain clouds… The small drops giving way to the big ones due to the sudden burst… The fragrance of wet soil wafting through the air for only a few seconds… The first drops falling on me, soaking my clothes & touching me…The kiss on the cheek, the shiver running through me as the wind blows, the face raised up to the heaven, the spirit embracing it all with wide open arms…

The neighbours going into a frenzy to save their washed and dried clothes from getting wet… The kids running out to call on all their friends… Every soul – kid, adult, old – enjoying the first monsoon showers… People can be seen getting willing drenched on the roads, on terraces and balconies. Some trying to capture a few moments, things and/or expressions using a camera, some by painting… Some are attempting to blend their music with the rain…

Since all kinds of people exist in this world, I guess there must be a few who were totally indifferent to this miracle ‘coz its just a natural phenomenon which happens on a regular, though getting delayed annually, basis. Yep, I can be one of them many a times…

Of course I can see all the beauty in this ‘coz I am at home, on my terrace and not out struggling to reach someplace or stuck in traffic ‘coz of the pools on the roads… Otherwise the above space would have been filled with description of hell…