My Ten Favourite Things to do in the Rain

1. Getting wet! Especially with Priyam and Pragya, all the way from Gamdevi till Marine Drive
2. Walking along Marine Drive in the slight drizzle that sometimes blesses South Mumbai
3. Sitting on the ledge at Marine Drive welcoming the rain clouds
4.  Eating piping hot onion pakodas
5. Gorging on scrumptious pizzas at Pizzeria, with a fantastic view of the raging ocean
6. Sitting in my room watching the rain fall, through the window
7. Sipping piping hot chocolate while reading an all engrossing book
8. Walking hand in hand with Ishaaq, while talking about everything under the clouds, and rain!
9. Having ice cream
10. Falling asleep with the gentle pitter patter of the drops

these are places, familiar places...my dearest memories were made here.

the rain is lashing at the pavement, the wind creating havoc with the trees...

people hurrying past to escape the stinging water drops and rickshaws spraying them with the mucky Mumbai rain...

and I, a mere spectator, look back...to another day, another time, another moment...

when the air resounded with our playful banter, gleeful laughter, us taking delight in each other's presence... a mere look, a touch...

the pavements are still there, so are the trees...the people are still rushing by.

yet i stand still, a solitary figure, a victim of time, in the torrential rain--alone and incomplete.

my first rain in 2009

its raining, and i'm all alone at home...noone to tell and writing is my catharsis...i'm in bangalore, vacationing. Its my first day and i have relaxed enuff to make up for my hectic months.... its been excruciatingly hot (if anyone can use that adjective for heat!) and I have been at the brunt, given my work hours and travelling in mumbai, and nw its raining!!! we live on a terrace flat and the sky is dark, clouds above, spouting rain, and as usual i'm feeling free!! exhilarated!! something jus comes over me. Whenver it rains, i feel like everything is going to be all right... i wanna soak and get wet in the rain and i cant....:( why?? i dunno, probably coz i have a cold... the spray is coming in and i jus wanna be like this alone. for once, ryt now i dont want neone with me, jus me and the rain and the writing!! the smell of the mud turning and getting wet and the sound of the rain, the first rain,this year!!!