The Season of Joy

The beautiful season is on its way. I simply love the rainy season. The beautiful weather, the raindrops, the birds chirping, the blooming plants, the happy faces-oh! Yes, of course, winter too is adorable but this is simply the best time of the year. During school times, rains meant unexpected holidays, splashing water and playing in the rains while returning home. It also meant shopping with mom for new umbrellas and dad shouting at us to carry our books and cell phones in plastic bags. During college, too, it meant the same.

I still remember the wonderful times when I used to come to class a little early just so that I could get a seat next to the window. And then it would rain and the wind would bring a little bit of rain to my terrain. Studying becomes a fun thing in the rain. At home, when it rains heavily, I sit on my rocking chair in the balcony. Supplement that with some pleasant music and a good book. Picture perfect. Mom makes pakodas and says that it is the best dish for the season (she makes that all year round with different excuses!)

Floods are a normal phenomenon for us in any area. Howmuchever they trouble us and bring the city to a standstill, I have somehow become fond of them. No rainy season is complete without its dose of floods. Offices are shut, schools and colleges closed, everybody at home having a good time and the best part of all this is that it is not planned! Bang in the middle of the week, this unexpected surprise comes with unexpected joy.

When it rains and I am gleefully walking in the rain, all I can think of is this one song which I first heard in Spiderman-“Raindrops keep falling on my head”. I don’t know who wrote it, who sang it and what is the rest of the song. All I know is that, these are the 4 months I wait desperately for, every year.