HAPPY MONSOONS!

Finally, after all the wait, June came in as it should always have been, perfectly normal, with a light drizzle on the first, and a nice shower on the second day of the month!

Well, it wasn’t romantic or wonderful for me when it started raining. In fact, all the windows were closed, I’d just finished watching a movie, and was surfing channels mindlessly, and was waiting for sleep to overpower me. As I was doing that, I heard some noise. I thought my brother is up and as he’s opened the door of this room and it’s the A\C that’s making the noise. I became a bit apprehensive, as I know he would scold me for not watching anything in particular at that time of the night, (the rule is, watch a good movie or sleep). So I waited for him to say something not turning behind to see those sleepy eyes watching at me with disappointment, that’s when I heard a rumble! Then I realized that it’s something different, I look up to see his room which was closed, and I realized, that it’s the sound of the rain, not A\C and the cloud just thundered, causing the rumble.

That’s when I lost control, I just ran up, and out into the balcony, those blissful drops! That’s when some sense knocked onto me, I closed the window of my room, my brother’s, turned off the television, the lights, and all ready, to get wet in the first shower. Technically it’s the second, but as the first was just a drizzle, that can’t be considered as a ‘shower’

So, there I was out under the sky wide open, the rain pouring, wind blowing, and flashes of lightening which made the city visible for just a flash of a second! My heart screamed out, and the voice came out of my throat, I screamed, not waking anyone up! That’s what I love about showers, when you scream; it’s you who get to listen to it more than anybody else. As it was past-midnight it was an added advantage. I danced, in the rain, sang on the top of my voice, it was energizing, as if my soul had been thirsty for this, since a long time, and the thirst finally got quenched!

Then the intensity reduced, and after some time, very softly, the rain stopped. I went over to my room, sat near the window, looking out, as far as I could see! The wind was still blowing, and every blow just felt cooler! My memories took me to last year’s monsoon. Last year, in the first shower, Neha had joined me; we had such a great time! Then, came to me was the day I’d been to Worli sea-face. Everything came back, that rain; that wind, those walks, those waves, and finally, the hot-hot Domino’s Pizza while dripping wet and ruining the floor of their outlet. :D

That’s the specialty of monsoon, you can enjoy it all alone, with a friend, with a bunch of friends, family, and also with “that” someone special. I’ve always been a romantic, and the climate was perfect to think about it! As I sat there, I wondered, how wonderful it would be, to stand there at the sea-face and holding the hand, of the one you love most. Imagine, your hand being held by the one who loves you the most. Imagine he’s holding your hand, not because he knows it’ll make you feel good, but because, he fears, the rain might take you away and needs to hold onto you! Someone’s who’s holding your hand, not fearing even if he has to hold your hand for a lifetime, not thinking whether this hand, the feel of it really fits into his ‘perfect’ or not. Someone who just feels safe holding your hand, who feels as if he’s on the top of the world, not because, he’s holding the most beautiful, the most wonderful, the most wanted person. But no-one else was ever so beautiful or wonderful for him. Everyone is going to meet such a person in some point of their life. That doesn’t stop us from enjoying the rain. As I said, we can enjoy rain with anyone, everyone, or no-one.

Enjoy monsoon to the fullest, have some fun, if you don’t like getting wet, enjoy things related to it, like, hot tea, coffee, pakoras, music and everything. Let’s hope this year’s monsoon is not as dry as last year. HAPPY MONSOONS!