Feel it on your fingertips….
The rains…I hated them! They were about muddy roads, messy clothes, cancelled trips to the market, puchka sacrifices (ofcourse the chatpata water could cause jaundice!) and worst of all, a constant state of depression caused by a weather devoid of sunlight. Well- Dehradun rainfall could do that to you, it was incessant, the ‘Raining cats and dogs’ idiom would apply without a thought and to give you a sense of it, we beat Cherrapunji !! Needless to say, the monsoon in Dehradun was wetter than the sea.
This year Delhi seems to have taken that place (of leaving the sea far behind). But it’s the strangest thing that as much as I try to remind myself of all the hatred I have for this season, I can’t seem to stop falling in love with the rains. Each time I stand in my balcony and look out at the rain, there is a sense of calmness and peace that pervades every part of my mind, body and soul. It’s beautiful, this rain….reminds me of Madonna’s song- ‘Rain’ and this other song titled- ‘Lady Rain’. It makes me want to go into a forest and keep looking at the lush green trees, the droplets shining on their leaves as the sun emerges from behind the clouds and the animals scurrying past each other. Each time I imagine this scene, a smile lights up on my face and I love the rains even more. Ofcourse, the city has its own charm- school children dressed in colourful raincoats and gumboots, hopping to school, enjoying the water on the roads and jumping into every puddle on their way. The school reminds me of this fascinating story our teachers told us – every time the sun came out while it was raining, it meant that a fox was getting married! Don’t blame the child’s imagination if she runs out everytime there is a sunshower, hoping to see a fox getting married. You can’t miss the rainbow can you? Something we all associate with the rains. A multicoloured piece of art as real as colours on a canvas.
These rains open up a world of imagination and as you look out of the window, every droplet brings back a plethora of memories, of you and your best friend playing Hide and Seek in the rain, of paper boats sailing in the stream formed outside your house, of movies, popcorn and friends, of lovers huddled under a tree smiling at each other, of your family and yummy ‘pakodas’, of a cup of steaming coffee and a certain ‘Love Story’ that brings tears to your eyes and makes you wish from the deepest core of your heart that the love that YOU have, lasts forever.
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