Finally umbrellas are off!!

Finally umbrellas are off!!

Well, I had been waiting long to write this up, but the super overwhelming monsoons this year in Mumbai made me wait for ages, I mean it's almost one step for winters to embrace the rest of the country!!.

If we draw a parallel between Mumbai and most of other cities subjected to the monsoon showers received annually, I guess mumbai wins it hands down. And even if it did lose , the margin would be as thin as a rake. Anything that is too mainstream never touches the city, while the other cities just have couple of months of monsoon, Mumbai goes on to have a pre-monsoon , monsoon and finally the retreating monsoon. And these rains make sure they made some news and keep the IMD officers on their toes everytime. These rains often gets playful with the IMDs , going on mass bunks on a red flgged day and coming out all guns blazing on less warned day. I guess they might have an eavesdropper in the IMD !!

When the pre-rains start coming in with a little drizzle, spreading the petrichor up and above, a sense of rejuvenation instills local mumbikars, they get drenched in the rains, kids on roads even dance (I ve seen this literally) welcoming the rains, the once with good slowmo camera sensors in their idiot sets rush on Face-insta-app to show their love for the pre-monsoon.Nobody seems to have any issue, so much love around, and why should we have a problem..we follow vasudhaiva kutumbakam , the rain is our guest and we have to take its best care. But the problem arises, when that guest seem to have no urgency to leave!!
Yes there have been movies making all others aware what the fundamental duties and responsibilities of a guest is, and the most important duty is to leave as early as possible, but the rains seem to have no DTH connection neither a Netflix subscription to watch them!!

Now as well the netizens are uploading stuffs on the Face-insta-app, but now it's a bit on the practical side not the emotional one. Roads transforming into rivers, trains getting stuck, shoes getting replaced by crocs, schools colleges getting closed , teasing a new office goer, who once studied in the same college.He doesn't have any option. Even his  sick leaves are scrutinized now.
And this goes on for MONTHS...all the love affection care rejuvenation fades off, leaving the Mumbaikars with local train rushes, traffic jam, water floating into homes in some areas ,trees going down, sun nowhere to be seen around, and with only umbrellas and raincoats to be the trusted friends and not the BMC!! Would have been better the other way around!!

But all said and done. I finally saw sunshine today, seemed to me like an old friend I only come across when I go home after 7-8 months! The site was ecstatic. I looked up said hi, it smiled back , we were gelling well in each others company, I went down to get hold of my idiot set and click a selfie with this old but much awaited friend of mine...
I went up stairs gleefully and as I was about to pose for the selfie, tiny little drops fell on my hands and shoulders. SHIT!!!

It started raining again!!