Were we not praying for rain the whole of last month? Finally, it has answered our prayers. The dark clouds, rough winds, moist air, cold breeze everything clearly indicating the arrival of monsoon. We must all be happy. It's finally raining. The lakes will fill up, the water table will rise, the dams will run, flowers will bloom, greenery will spread, wow.. after a long wait life can come back to normal. Wait, seriously, can it?
It's raining! The roads will flood, drains will overflow, trees/poles/houses will be damaged, traffic jams, short circuits, lightnings, millions of problems. Think again, will life really come back to normal? But again, imagine life without rain. Rain or no rain, someone's got to be blamed! Shall we blame the monsoon? Damn it. Either it rains too much, or it doesn't at all. Why does Nature play this game with us? Who knows, there might have been a depression over Africa, and our dear monsoons got completely attracted to the low pressure. Or there might have been a depression over Bay of Bengal and our Killer monsoons brought 3 coastal states underwater. Shall we blame the govt? Aah, who doesn't like to? The list is endless anyway and it would take up another whole page to write that. Neither do I have the time nor the patience to handle such a task. Let the media play the blame-game with the govt, and let the monsoons play with our lives.
In the end, it doesn't matter if it rains more or less. Less rain, no water, no food, no power, no govt. More rain, excess floods, no food (crops killed), no power (power failures), no govt (blame-game). So how does it matter?
Life's observations are precious. We learn from what we observe...
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