Sunday, July 31, 2005

Not again...

Once again, the clouds have done their Chappar Phaad Ke act and screwed up life in Mumbai again. Thankfully, things aren't nearly as bad as the fateful Tuesday - and it's a Sunday to boot, so most people weren't at work. Still, there was flooding in some parts of the city, and the delivery of supplies and other relief materials was messed up. To top it off, schools have been closed for tomorrow, and I heard on the news that exams scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled as well. Looks like Mumbai will never look upon the rains in quite the same way again...

It's a nice holiday for all us lazy bums, but there are so many unfortunate people who suffer terribly every time this kind of thing happens. Busybee once wrote that the difference between the rich and the poor in Mumbai was that the former enjoyed the rain and the latter hated it...

Ah, Nature - the great leveler...

This is probably my shortest blog post ever. That's the second broken record - the first was that I've already posted thrice about the rains - what other topic enjoys so much coverage in Mumbai these days? As my dad remarked today, we've turned into Englishmen - whenever we meet, we discuss the weather...

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