The sun came out after three days. Everybody smiled. Finally no more rain. The sun will take all the dirty puddles away. The roads will be dry and dusty soon. Maybe Ma Durga won't have to travel by boat. The lorry should manage to bring her and all her children and sidekicks without any glitches. The stray dogs won't have to swim around. The crows will finally fly into a blue sky. The stars shall no longer have to be on house arrest. They will be able to take a peek at this wonderful Kolkata of ours. Windows will no longer have to remain shut. The nip in the air shall take a morning walk into our homes. The smell of wet clothes shall be farewell-ed away. That pair of jeans will finally dry itself.
No more puddles to splash around in. No more paper boats to sail away into sewers on the other side of town. No more fumbling with the folding umbrella. No more romantic walks down people-free roads. No more cursing at the Scorpio for splashing water on already drenched bus-stop people. No more shivering in AC rooms. No more grumbling about the weather. No more complaining about the lack of transport. A handful of fewer complaints about the municipality and the drains from pre-Partition days. No more predictions about how much longer it will keep on raining. No more chips and chai. No more bunking school. No more half-days at work.
The sun came out today. After three days. Everyone smiled.
I wouldn't mind a little more rain. But then, that's just me.
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PS: I loved how the rain stopped for a little while after Team India's win yesterday. Just enough time for some serious bomb-bursting and midnight processions through flooded streets.
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"The stars shall no longer have to be on house arrest."
...........slick aren't ya!
nb.
you are dealing with a highly evolved and tested individual...i read between lines.
Complaining about the lack of transport...???.....in dear ol' Calcutta?????..
@ coffee
ja sala! nijeke ki happily "star" baniye nili. I agree i got the "house arrest" idea from u (bows to the Roy).. but tai bole ekta "highly evolved and tested individual"-ke ekta star baniye debo? dont jump to conclusions!
@ moolah
arre.. i was at the bus stop during the peak rains waiting for a friend to come so i could tell him to go home (:P).. and all the people at the stop were complaining je the buses are less, the cabs won't stop -- it was the finals ka day u see!
chance e dance.....was worth a shot :P
The rains stopped after the finals?..Tai naki?..ekahne toh it was raining and STILL people were bursting crackers..I dunno how..
lovely post..I am blogrolling you!..:D
[you do the same,please!..:D]
@ dreamy
Yes. It did stop for a bit after the match. But it started pouring again a little later.
Mutual blogrolling happening here :D
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