'A-1 Weather!'

Surya Namaskar... but still the sun did not come out in the morning

The sun did not come up this morning. The skies remained overcast and for the first time in a winter, we were treated to a light drizzle. It was god-sent and nobody ran anywhere for shelter.
When we can enjoy such weather here in Mumbai, why should anyone visit Europe? In fact, it was more like pre-monsoon London – the early morning haze, droplets in the air, a wet temperate chill, the faint aroma of the soft earth that comes with the season’s first showers…
As the Garden watchman remarked, this was “A-1 mausam”!
Somehow, Sunita Jajodia felt nervous and insisted we shift to the China Hut lest we get drenched and catch a cold. She found some support in Arun Patil, but when reminded that nobody in Mumbai catches pneumonia, both kept quiet. Nahid Khan, as usual, poked fun at those who were worried about “dissolving in rain water”. But if anybody missed wearing the Club cap, it was Santosh Tyagi. She wrapped a dupatta snugly around her head and soon many others like Geeta Sardhana, Nafisa Sayyad and Khatoon Baig followed suit. But by and large, it was wonderful to see people celebrating the unseasonal rain by getting wet in their colorful woolens.
Such a morning comes but rarely in our lives.
Jagmohan Papneja:
Clouds come floating into our life, no longer to carry rain, but to add color to our sunset sky.