Mumbai Metblogs » Rain http://mumbai.metblogs.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 First Rain http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/06/19/first-rain/ http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/06/19/first-rain/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:23:45 +0000 ideasmith http://mumbai.metblogs.com/2008/06/19/first-rain/ On the first week of June, Mumbai welcomed the monsoon of 2008. I watched it arrive, alone…which is probably the best way, with the rain.

The skies heralded the season of water.

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And then I watched the drops paint the sidewalk a shiny, sheeny gloss of life.

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The traffic revved, feet sped up and umbrellas burst open to the infinitely grey sky.

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Did the colour grey ever stop you in your tracks? It did, me.

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