Meghadoot...

The early messengers of monsoon are here! Today Pune is tucked in a blanket of fluffy gray clouds. It rained yesterday... thundered & poured... and I just loved it.

Yes, there was water-logging, traffic-jams & the power was off. Water must have gushed into the homes of the poor, their roofs must have leaked, many bikes must have skidded and cars must have hit their brakes a thousand times... Soon the roads will start telling and as every year, Pune & Mumbai will re-confirm their unpreparedness for the rains.

But inspite of all that, I simply can't stop loving this phenomenon of water pouring out of the skies! The fields besides my home are happy & I can sense that. The green they are wearing today is a different green. Birds are twittering non-stop and the termites have taken their feeble maiden flights. Way above, kites are flying aimlessly in circles.

I've spent the last hour admiring the games that the clouds & the winds are engaged in as Louis Armstrong's "What a wonderful world" plays in the background in an endless loop...