Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Its rainy season again !!!!!

Most of the people in Mumbai and various parts of India might have not forgotten the day, this very rain played havoc in their lives in one way or the other. I can still not forget how I spent the whole night at the railway platform of Panvel just waiting for the rains to stop, remembering the nursery rhyme “Rain rain go away little Jhonny wants to play some day, Rain rain go away”. The seasons changed form rains to winter to summer, and almost all of us were cursing the scorching heat of the summer with the added fact that we had to face power cuts too. Now finally rains came yesterday, the met officials claim that these are pre monsoon showers and the actual rains are expected in another 48 hours.

Yesterday while coming back home form my office I could see the sky filled with black clouds, now that was a sign of rains but I have been seeing then for past two three days, they came and went. But today it was determined to do something, while walking on the road I could see the lightning strike and also could hear the thunders. This was a sure sign that it’s going to rain today. I could feel few droplets of water falling on me, I could smell the fragrance coming after the first showers form the earth, it was tantalizing me. Later on it started to rain and I sat by the window of my house and enjoyed the view of the rain, also I could see many people near their window enjoying the rains. On the building opposite to mine I could see some kids coming out of their house and enjoying getting wet in the first rain. I couldn’t resist getting wet in the rain, I stood in my terrace under the rain till it stopped, I could see more people enjoying getting wet in this rain. I could even see a 60 year old man sitting over the compound wall on his banyan and pajamas and getting drenched in the rain while his wife stood under the building’s parking area seeing him getting drenched. Almost everybody I could see had a smile on their face from small kids to teenagers like me to oldies.

Maybe this is the way god has made the nature, so that people truly and fully enjoy every season as it comes and don’t take it for granted. The summers were harsh but the rains have given more enjoyment and smile on everybody’s face than grief, similarly spring season is enjoyed after winter. This really give the message that there always a “Silver Lining“. Maybe this is how god says how you should live our life, it will be hard at times but this is never permanent, the seasons will change so will life. So live life as it comes and never curse it there is light at the other end of the tunnel.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Have you traveled in such a bus !!!

It’s been long since I wrote since I was busy with my other schedules.

This is about the fortunate travel in a state transport bus the other day. I had been to a party hosted by my cousin and it was night by the time the party ended and had to think of traveling through state transport bus to my house.

I boarded this bus which had full AC, FULL AC!!!, the seats were really superb they were all cushioned and there were some rocker seats too. But I didn’t had the fortune to get a seat on one of them. To my surprise there was fusion music played this was something like “sone pe suhaga”. It was a great treat to imagine sitting in a rocker seat with full AC and fusion music played on the ride to my home. I have to say that the road were really smooth unlike as they are know to be with “manholes” rather than pothole and the bus was cruising on these roads. These whole things had a soothing effect and I couldn’t control my eyes which were already heavy.

Now that you have imagined the whole journey I would like to give you some facts too. Here the AC meant Air Circulation and not Air Condition as you might have imagined, the seat were literally swaying like the rockers and the person sitting on them probably couldn’t hold on his heavy eyes and had a lovely nap till his destination, and the fusion music created was by the loose glass panes, nuts, seats, body and doors, chimes were produced by the conceal fitted on the roof and I can bet that nobody can ever reproduce the same fusion music. I still think of the lovely trip I had.

Have you experienced such a journey??