Rhythm of the falling rain

It was a Fri evening. I'd had a rather difficult week at work and couldn't wait but to shut my laptop, grab my bag and get the hell out of office. Throughout the day, I kept gazing outside from the balcony..watching the rain come down. It was not a heavy downpour. Almost felt like the heavens were romancing the ground with light showers, violins playing in the background. I couldn't wait to get out and feel the breeze. Dreamy as I am, I got back to my desk and thought about well...the rains.

I've heard from somewhere that people get contemplative on watching the sunset and the sunrise. I'd like to add the rains to that list. Back in my PU college days, there was this particular weather that I called the 'kuch toh hua hai' weather. It was the year 'Kal Ho na ho' had released and that song was my then fav. That weather if I defined it would be a day in spring. When the sun was not cruel, when the breeze would hit your hair while you walked down the road, a light drizzle, a song on your mind and nothing that passed by could make you sad.

I stared at my laptop..no work was getting done anyway. I thought why not dream some more! What is it about the rains that I love the most? I sat down and put down my thoughts on paper. I can't stand that feeling of being soaked to the bone by the rains, when the clothes stick to you, water being splashed by the moronic drivers, horrible traffic jams, flooded roads, dirty feet!!

But that's not what I thought about while making my list of what is great about the rains. I am the kind who enjoys the light drizzle and can watch the rain come down mercilessly from the comfort of my window. These are some of the random things I totally love about those light showers.

* Listening to the thunderclaps. It is like a battle between the Gods- the sounds, the cracks in the clouds and finally one of them burst and let go of their inhibitions in the form of the rain.

* Getting wet in the drizzle. Watching the trees turn greener and the rising smell of wet mud.

* Watching school kids run around in their colorful raincoats and umbrellas. I remember now how excited that tiny brat of my nephew got seeing his first raincoat. It was blue with some red prints on it. Really cute! Sigh..now I miss my raincoats and I miss school!

* Making paper boats and racing them down stairs from the terrace! That joy when another's boat collapses and your's goes all the way down to the last step!

* My granny's mouth watering bhajjis with ketchup! It's but understood when the clouds rumble and the showers come, I will throw kiddish tantrums about how badly I want 'something' hot and yummy to eat!

* Watching the rain from the window as it makes tiny puddles. The rain drops you catch in your hand sometimes and smile for no reason at all!

* Listening to songs that make you light headed. Singing out loud to no one in particular and enjoying your own voice sometimes. Those all time favorites that are breezy, happy and contemplative.

* Reading a book and slurping on chai. Tea of any kind tastes extra yum when it rains! I can't explain that feeling in words. It's calming, soothing and uplifting all at the same time. And somehow at that moment, coffee just won't work! It has to be chai! I think of my neatly stacked up bookshelf at home with all the books I have got since coming to Hyd and there is a very satisfied smile on my face!

* The rainbow. After the light spell of rain, when the sun shines again, the 7 colors play a quiet game of hide and seek. There was this one time as a kid, while playing on my terrace with my dog, my sis called out to show me this massive rainbow that was just perfectly arched! I kept asking her how big this rainbow actually was and where would it end?

* Talking to a loved one while listening to the rain make music with the roof or the window pane.

More often than not, when it rains..this one song becomes my song for the rest of the day. It will keep playing in my head.

Yes, I am stuck indoors with a laptop screen for company. But that doesn't stop me from smiling and humming my song for that moment.

Boondon ke motiyon mein

Khul ke ehsaas aaya

Waqt se nikhal ke lamha dil ke paas aaya

Chooke guzra tha par

dil ko na mehsus hua

Ab jo dekha to woh lamha dil ko raaz aaya

Yu ke teeh kar naa pao re

Dil ki baat main hawa ke zariye pahunchao re

Ya khud hawa pe chalke aao re..

Tum se pyar hai yeh khul ke

jin mein keh paao re

Lafz woh kahaan se laoo re!!