The rains and I..

With the onset of the rains, the weather of the once Pensioner’s Paradise aka Bangalore has taken a pleasant break from the oppressive summer heat. The mornings now are chilly, afternoons cloudy, evenings windy and nights rainy.

As I entered the excessively air conditioned ODC here in office today morning, I could not help but let out a sigh!! I’m not exactly a sentimentalist but somehow the lovely weather outside forced me to think of something interesting I’d do, rather than unit testing some code here. How awesome it would be to cuddle in a bean bag with a mug of hot chocolate and a good novel while it pours thus, to look out of the window and see the dripping rain water, to watch the trees and plants get fresh and alive from the rain bath, to stand at the door step and feel the splash of rain water on my feet, to feel the mist of rain against my face and the soothing earthy smell that lingers when it rains, to have a thoroughly intellectual discussion on some profound topic with a polymath of sorts and may be even feel at peace with the world!! Lol…

Another thing is that I actually love the rains, in the sense I like playing in the rain. I just need an excuse to dash out when it pours and not return till I’m soaked to the bone!! And that is precisely why I did not need to be asked twice about going for a walk around the Wipro campus while it rained cats and dogs, on the day before yesterday with a friend. We were thoroughly drenched in less than two minutes and what more, my friend went around stopping the people hurrying for cover to slow down and enjoy the downpour. They did look at us like we were some freaks but were decent enough to just smile back and head for cover. Jumping into puddles and splashing the rain water was more fun, given that we were already dripping wet and the water puddles within the campus was clean and not muddy. After about 20 minutes of pure bliss, free of cost I must add, it was time to get into the bus and head homewards. The fun did not end there; we sat in the last seat, yelping every time the bus hit a bumpy patch, giggling when our teeth chattered and last but not the least, playing old hindi sentimental hits like O Saathi Re and all that. The others in our bus (frowning uncles and pouting aunties) are used to such behavior on our part though its not like we would be bothered to stop if at all anyone took offense. Somehow, the weather, the rains and the songs, it was all very becoming!! And that made it worthwhile. While I spoke to my friend later that night, he instantly agreed with me that we should do this fun-in-the-rain thingy again.

This was 2-3 days back now and I must say I have tucked it in as a lovely memory. I probably have a glossed look on my face while composing this blog, given that I’ve been thinking of that day and the rains and the lovely weather today which is just like how it was then and hold on, did someone just say A RAIN DANCE PARTY?????