Last night it rained hard in Chennai. A sudden burst of thunder followed by heavy rain which lasted for many hours. A strange occurence in itself. Many wondered why - it was so out of the blue. It seemed like a clear evening.
Not those who knew me of course! The city was in tears with happiness. The princess had returned to her kingdom! :-)
The streets were muddy. The roads - flooded. Even the new bridge over the Katipara junction had stagnated water all over it. It was 12 in the night and the traffic was still chaotic. We got splashed and sprayed as the call taxis and guys in their shining pulsars over-took us as they raced past, breaking a million traffic rules on their way. As i looked out, many people huddled close, holding a plastic sheet over their head. A thin old man, walked past us near nungambakkam, with a walking stick to hold him up and a towel to protect him from the lashing rain. A transformer sent out a shower of sparks before immering the area in darkness. We drove past old forgotten buildings, construction sites, half-broken walls, huts with the roofs letting through the water, buildings with the paint peeling off..
And i smiled to myself. I was home.
:-)
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4 weeks ago
12 comments:
That's a very nice explanation, princess, but it was fixing to rain all week last week. It just so happened that it all came down yesterday.
And how do you know that they weren't tears of sorrow? :P It was a pretty heavy downpour, not what one usually associates with joy.
I'm definitely not going to get those chocolates now, am I?
hope it rains when i get back...
I like rain, it was nice. I hate driving in the rain, especially with petrol prices what they are.
Hey, you.
I had zero balance, and couldn't reply. Did suganya send everybody a mail about the wedding? I didn't get mine!
This rain inspired no romance/tragedy etc, despite the thunder. Nothing to write home about, really.
@ ess : Check the family records, I am one! And as for the chocolates, you know you'll get it regardless of what say I have in the matter. Smart fellow!
@ Vinod: Oh, one way or the other, it will..
@ Roshan: And that's why God gave us two feet!
@ Chicken: If you keep changing your e-mail address every 2 days, you can't really blame her for not mailing you, can you??
@ Everyone above: The post wasn't about the rain! Sheesh!!!! One track minds..
uhm. you have only been gone for a month and you already sound like an expat. scary
@ Sido: All it took you was on letter from - Libya, was it?
@ Roshan: And that's why God gave us two feet!
For the accelerator, brake and clutch?
@ Roshan: That'd be three, wouldn't it! Sigh.. no wonder you're giving the up the math.
And you have a driver's licence. Obviously there's some fraud going on ;)
oh, i can't wait to relocate to Somalia. There is hardly any traffic I'm told.
@ Roshan: If Danny can get a license, I figures all of us are entiled to!
@ Sido: Oh, but the traffic in Finland is pretty bad, I hear..
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