Celebrating the Monsoon

Monsoon in India comes laden with a myriad moods and connotations,poetry,floods,fertility art and affection woven in the colors of Rainbow.It is a time when the sky is heavily overcast and rolls of thunder growl threateningly and its grippling aura suggests a sombre depth.
When it rains there is sheer of joy.The pall of gloom that has enveloped disappears totally rejuvenating spirits.It welcomes festivals after the somnolent summers with a sense of elation engulfying inner nerves and perking up my senses.
Raining cats and dogs??not the whacky movie where cats & dogs slug it out with eachother remainding of the war of worlds in a way.
Iam not talking about the torrential rains that brought shudders to Mumbaikars leaving melancholic and damp neither the sapping humidity.This is all about rain that has been falling from skies now that South West monsoon has firmly ensconced itself .

If you are peeking at the incessant pitter patter from a window struck high you really are not doing anything to celebrate.Get off that high rise and get your feet all squelchy in the mud.
If there are hundred other things that have taken the joy away from singing in the rain,there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the bliss.It brings Halcyon moments to me.
For starters,there's the great weather.it's a gorgeous day with pleasant,sharp showers late in the afternoon.Flooded roads are a strict no-no.
Finding a clean puddle in the middle of a green-as-ever park and wade through or shaking a tree and njoying the dew..Given roadside icecreams,kulfi on one end or panipuri,peanuts roasted over hot open fire coupled with nothing else tasting like Irani masala chai or home made one with chirpy old friends striding lanquidly when it is pitterpattering outside you need nothing more.keep chills at bay trying rain-walk .

Here's how-umbrella rolled up,arms akimbo,making paperboats perhaps watching it move slowly in the tiny waves.after the rain stops watch the dusk,The Sun set in hiding with dark clouds around dominating and waiting eagerly to watch if there arrives rainbow to fill the sky with colors intimating the stop of rain.Early morning drizzle with sonorous voice of birds that herald spring sound's great as well.After all this cuddle up by the window read a favourite book slouching on the rocking chair with a nice music tuned,with pet doggy beside you or watching TV flicking the remote and surfing the channel or a blissful sleep.I would rather love spending time alone gazing the sky or enjoying the mild music by Wind Chimes when there is a mild breeze.

Be safe,have fun.
There is more to life than being huddled in the rain-coat.welcome it with a cheerful smile and when it is drizzling try drenching :)
Rain is indeed a wonderful blessing.Experience it yourself and you will know better.Its my time to say now "Rain,Rain come again not so little me want to play"