Three days of unrelenting rainfall! Monsoons it is! The day started as gloomy as expected. It took me a lot of motivation to shake off my laziness and get going for the hospital. I was literally waiting on an "island" for a bus. It was water everywhere. Lanes, bylanes, streets, houses, basements, shops. Gutters and ponds overflowing. Luckily i did reach on time and was pleasantly surprised to find all the patients posted for the OT to have arrived well before the scheduled hours!
And then came my turn to get back home. As it seemed, it had rained all day long. the water levels had increased. People had all kinds of emotions written all over their faces- frustration, reluctance, malaise, gloom. Indeed there was a minority who had a song at their lips and a hop in their gait! I stood near the Metro station and was taken back to my school days! How we would love when on rare occasions our school would declare a rainy day. Otherwise we would wade through waters, stamping and splashing, getting drenched from head to toe, pushing and pulling, full of giggles and laughter and life!
It is a different story now. A little walt from the station i came across this group of urchins playing in a pool of water. Paper boats all around them, free from all the restrictions, sailing in the little cold breeze that blew. The kids, oblivious to the troubles around, enjoying every splash. It did not matter if the rains didn't stop or the dark gray clouds overhead never melted or disappeared. It did not matter if buses never ran or offices or schools never shut. They knew in their innocent little hearts, it was playtime and there was no one to stop them.
Now im back at home, all dried up. A hot cup of tea in my hand and the rains outside. Is this inner peace or am i in a waking dream?
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