Monsoon Woes

Increasingly, I’m discovering that the rains are causing more inconvenience than the initial euphoria that marked the arrival of the monsoon. While it is nice to have a light drizzle for hours, heavy incessant rains cause more botheration than relief.

It begins with the sound of raindrops pitter-pattering against the window glass, which is followed by the rush to bring the clothes in from the line. But the rain stops as suddenly as it had begun, rendering the effort pointless. Then there is the tedious exercise of closing all the doors and windows if the rain is accompanied by a storm, which is usually the case these days. Often, the water still seeps in through some opening and spoils the adjoining walls, besides other things placed in proximity.

Further, with the first monsoon showers arrive a swarm of clumsy winged insects, making their way to any light source they find. It is such an ugly sight to have them congregate in large numbers and to have them strewn all over the place subsequently.

And this is just the scene indoors. Outside, the streets get clogged and the dug up roads fill up with water, leaving no choice but to waddle across after several futile attempts of high jumps over the murky pools of water. Add to this the considerable humidity when the sun shines just after a heavy downpour, making the weather muggy and sticky.

How much would I prefer just a light drizzle and a faint breeze laden with the scent of wet earth- an ideal setting for reading a good book sitting by the window!