My water tank flew away....

Monsoons have set in and my lawn is absolutely green. The pebbles along the walkway pose a striking contrast to the brick tiles and the green of the grass. Every leaf and blade of grass exude how happy they are to be drenched in the rain.. And I love the rain drops sliding into my balcony from the arching palm leaves... The weaver bird's nest is a spectacle to behold. Its interesting how the rain runs down the fibrous wall of the nest without penetrating and how mirculously it leaves the inners cosy and warm...

And from my friend's tenth floor apartment, there is nothing more divine than the heavenly drops dancing on the grey backwaters of Kochi...That's from the tenth floor, please!

Ground reality??? The last 12 years in Kochi has been a revelation of what exactly not to do during the rains. Most importantly, stay away from the City! And sadly, but true, no amount of pampering civic bodies, cajoling peolple's representatives or threatening the very essence of the political system can bring any change to the roads that invariably transform itself into muddy, filthy rivers during the ugly monsoons in the city. The seasonal epidemic outbursts are another fright to chill the spine... Well these are the dark sides of the beautiful rain that lashes left, right and centre of Kerala... the one element in the natural supplies calendar that singularly charts the GDP of the state!

This year the water works in God's own Country arrived a week after schools opened for the fresh academic year as efficiently forecast by the MET.

Well, I don'tknow if it was Laila or Katrina that came with a bang day before yesterday. Neither did I check the soaked newspaper for details on Sunday... While we were discussing what the huge thud could likely be, my neighbour from the opposite building rang up to disclose the fact that the twirling frenzy had carried with it one of the blue sintex water tanks from my terrace to the terrace next door... Thank God, none of us were out at that time and thank God, it rested on the terrace without wanting to fly any further...

Another monsoon lesson, keep the water tanks full!