Season of the Falling Water

Pouring Heavily

The season of the rain comes with its own set of pleasures and disasters. In the beginning of the season we praise it, for its coming cools our mind and soul from the heat of the summers. As it pours, the drops of water cool the land, the trees and the air. The early showers take the heat from the soil to the sky again in foggy vapours, they bring the life back to the plants that have almost gone dry, cleansing the dust from their leaves and rejuvenating their green, producing a smell that a nature’s lover waits for. It simply is the time when the people want a break from any work that they are doing and long for a chai with some pakodi and a spicy chutney to make it all enjoyable. Another such snack enjoyed in the rain is the roasted corn that grows in the hills. This sweet corn is soft and creamy in texture and is enjoyed to the fullest when eaten on a rainy day, roasted on the wood and flavoured with a salty chutney (harre dhaniyae ka namak). It makes a dull, hot day turn into a day with exciting colours, flavors, and odour.

With the rain there is also destruction and damage. Floods occur, landslides happen, clouds burst, the wrath of the water from the sky is life taking. Chaos is brought upon to the cities and the huge population. The same water that makes a part of the world happy is equally responsible to take the happiness from the lives of many. The balance that the nature maintains to bring happiness and sorrow, unbiased.