It's Raining.............

ITS RAINING............
Make that pouring heavily..................
Just when everyone was complaining of the sultry hot summers which showed no signs of going away.........Temperatures were soaring..........Hot weather was becoming unbearable.................when suddenly after the skies seemed cloudy for a while..........It started raining.............
First drops of rains for this year ? or is this also the pre-monsoon showers?
One doesn't know..........
What one does know is that different people have different ways of enjoying the rains........
Monsoon is the favourite season of die-hard romantics...... Poets & writers have written so much on the scenic beauty of the nature in monsoon.........
Overcast conditions.............The rumblings of thunder followed by crackle of lightning across the dark cloudy sky............ Eager Anticipation of the arrival of the first rains in the city..........Then...finally the first drops of rains.............The first smell of wet earth..........then the heavy downpour ........steaming hot ginger tea(adrakwali chai) and hot pakodas( bhajis ).........hearing the pittar-patter of raindrops falling on the rooftops or windows....the kids screaming with joy on getting holiday due to rain..........waddling through kneedeep water.........sailing paper boats in the stream.......or just splashing dirty water around........Going off to Lonavala,Khandala or Mahabaleshwar to enjoy the rains.........boating in the ...............going on a long drive in car........drenching in the rains by commuting on two-wheelers.............eating garamagaram bhuttas........sipping hot cups of coffee .......drinking hot soup ..... uff.......... and here i was blaming people for romanticising the monsoons ......talk of double standards.........The drops of rain on the flora and fauna..........The greenery all around......as if the dirt & dust has being washed off...........
The breathtaking beauty of the nature seen at its best...........
For me personally,the perfect way to enjoy the rains would be ..........sitting in the balcony reading a lovely interesting whodunit by Agatha Christie( i know while it is heavily raining outside(the rain sliding on the closed windows in the background while I m reading)........... wow .......i know........how predictable and boring .....par kya kare......everyone cannot be as interesting and unpredictable like a certain Ms.De............I must confess I m a big fan of her blog and cant wait to read what she has to say.....from food to travel to fashion to films to politics.........she says it all like only she knows...........
Hmm........what did i start saying and where has the topic come to.........
If my ramblings seem incoherent, you know who is to be blamed...........Who Else.........but the Incorrigible Rains...........
Meanwhile........Enjoy the Rains !!!!!!!!!!!!