Water & the Sun

Back in Delhi, I just loved the rains. After a gruelling summer, it was almost customary to get drenched in the rains. There was almost always, one scene that unfolded year after year without fail. A subtle drop in temperature, enough to make you take notice and look up to the skies. A slight breeze would follow; the kind that rolls over a piece of paper lying on the road….making it come alive and giving it wings, the kind that when hits the back of your neck…..makes you smile almost instantly……… as if it were an involuntary reaction to this great and kind gesture by mother nature. Soon, your eyes detect the change in light. The mighty sun, bowing down to its kin……and then a tiny drop of miracle falls to the earth. Its journey from the heavens ends with a magnificent treat to the senses. A calm “cool” that penetrates deep down to the soul, taking away from you all that suffering from the summer, the invigorating aroma of earth and water dancing together to the tune of thunder . A minute later, its all around you……..making you feel like jumping, running, crying, laughing……..making you feel truly “happy”. Even if it was for that one brief moment in time, however infinitesimally small it might seem later on………it made you happy.

And you would pray to the forces that may it last, may it last to your hearts fill and more, may it last and make you feel the same. Today, in Mumbai, the end of July………I long for that……for now, it is the sun that makes me happy. C’est la vie pour vos.