The Rain

"I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life"

With the week, the weather changed too..while we were up for the customary cuppa chai, the clouds gave in ..yes it rained.."perfect timing"..so out we went ..to enjoy the change rather than sulking on the chair or admiring it from the glass pane considering the fact that this one was an authentic monsoon shower than the touch-&-go, hide -& -seek: fooled you kind.

My feelings for monsoon have never been consistent...they vary with time, place & spot.
As a kid I used to hate the rains.. with the exception of the surprise holiday it used to fetch, I disliked being drenched, the wet shoes & eerie feeling of dampness all around..white socks were stale socks & I was always bothered about the bleeding notebooks...(yeah ink-pens it used to be then...they came with a promise of improving one's handwriting...the flip side obviously was bleeding notebooks, stained hands & if u r lucky the pen used to flood ur pencil box blue). Well yeah how can I forget the raincoats..I have never ever understood the need...they never kept anyone dry..though added to the additional baggage one had to carry to school.

Rains are always enjoyable from the comfort of home...an ocassional stroll in the rains, playing with raindrops & floating paperboats was fun as you could always snug into the cozy blanket..

Cutting back to present:
Rains cause a lot of damage to formal wear, those costly shoes, those smart stilletos are totally no-no ..you don't want to skid in front of half-a-dozen colleagues..well the bruises never hurt before bedtime coz all the while you are busy attending to the bruised ego !!
Walking on the roads is the most difficult part..while all 2,3,4 wheelers aim at splashing grime, grease,clogged water ..you like a road-fighter gingerly pave way....you gotta save yourself from skidding, save all belongings, be mindful of all potholes & should make it without skidding -BIG DEAL !!

Rains are awesome if you are riding comfortably in a car..& red vehicles stand apart in the rains...but that too has it's share of woes..getting stuck in traffic or being banged by another one are always on cards...but yeah a ride along the country side or low traffic zone with plenty of lush green trees around makes it worthwhile.
The view of the sky with clouds in various shades navigating with the wind, the shining green leaves, the open fields, the drops of water, the aroma of soil..is awesome..it's like everything comes alive with the rain.

While I look forward to the rains, you can checkout this song ..I love it & love it even more every monsoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k3jxi4JhXA


P.S. A few bonus tracks.. ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gcds0xLgXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZ4amjbqhU

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken

-by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.