Seasons Dont Lie

Just three days left for Diwali but no rains?? Strange I thought.. not knowing I was going to be proved wrong the next day. Every year Diwali is welcomed by a shower. Last year the city was submerged in floods and the year before last it rained quite heavily before Diwali. This has been the case for all Diwalis and this year is no different. Its really amazing that almost every year it rains during Diwali. Now dont tell me its because its monsoon... Infact after a gap of four years, Tamil Nadu experienced a deficit southwest monsoon this year. When there was no sign of rain so far.. today it was truly a bolt from blue!

I was thrilled to see the rain today morning. NewsPaper came home wet with mud. Water was cold in the shower. I had to carefully step on the stones laid over the dirty water to get out of my appartment. School children walk back home with joy when they heard schools were shut. More holidays for Diwali!!I decided to stand near the door of the train.. the sight outside was amazing. Rains added more beauty to the usually busy Chennai. Mylapore mamis in the train had a reason to jabber. As someone said.. it rains for everyone!

Rain in the West has a sad and negative connotation. This is reflected in the rhyme Rain Rain Go Away. The funniest thing is even in dry places like India and Africa kids are made to sing this rhyme!!

My First Blog

Its neither the day America has ended its war on terror nor is it the day when Pakistan has come to terms with India on Kashmir but what might make it to history is that its the day my first weblog got published!!

After months of contemplation and exploration I finally found Blogger to be the right place to pen down random thoughts and ideas that cross my mind. Writing has always been the best form of human expressions and Internet is helping in propagating it to a wider audience.

On an average everyday a person's mind comes across 50000 thoughts and the most astounding fact is that nearly 90% of these are new. Thoughts are the blue print of action and its important to be aware of what we think. In my opinion blogs help in doing just that. It becomes a digest of ideas or memoirs or anything interesting thats worth sharing and reading... provided they don’t shut down these sites because of some protests!