It was a rainy day- a rainy day in
the streets of Kolkata. Well, I had a grim day as well with back to back
classes and labs. Being immersed with the thoughts of pending assignments, lab
reports, etc. I didn’t even notice the sudden change in weather. I looked up and
saw the overcast sky.
No, not now please! I was already
down with cough & cold (don’t worry, this
happened way before the current pandemic) and getting drenched in the rain
would aggravate matters even more. I started walking briskly. The clouds
rumbled. I started running slowly. The clouds rumbled again. I started
sprinting now, and the heavy downpour began. I ran as fast as I could, looking
for some shelter near the now deserted streets. I could barely see where I was
going. The downpour became faster and faster with each passing second.
I looked at myself- completely
drenched. There was no way I could have stopped this from happening. Yeah, I
could have brought an umbrella but that it could rain today didn’t even hit my
head. Or I could have stayed back in college for the next five hours waiting
for the rains to stop. But, there’s no use crying over spilt milk.
I stopped running and started
walking slowly- savoring the sound of the pattering rain and the earthly smell
of the ground that accompanied it. Some more people like me, who didn’t have an
umbrella ran to take shelter. All I could do was have a laugh, coz eventually
they would know that their attempts were futile. And then, they would enjoy the
rain too.
Sometimes, we need to learn to let
go. Hanging on or holding back is not always a good option. After all we need
to be “sponty”- short for being spontaneous. Who knows what we would miss if we
just stayed back and waited for that ideal moment which never came. Finally, we
would end up fussing and regretting about that decision to hold back.
I walked slowly, and even more
slowly…The rains kept their pace. I didn’t care, not anymore. I splashed water
with my shoes and was instantly reminded of my school days when this was just a
daily routine during the monsoons.
Yes, let it rain. Rain as heavy as
possible. Let the heavens cry with all their might. Because when you follow
your heart and be carefree, nothing much matters.
-TUHIN MONDAL
I hate rainy season, but loved the way you portrayed it! ❣️
ReplyDeleteYeah man I miss my childhood days :(
ReplyDeleteFor quite sometime my impression on rain has been 'hindrance' would like to change it this year. Hot days ahead will pretend its raining in the shower XD
Feels like "Someone" is missing, if you know what I mean ;)
ReplyDeleteJust amazing bro...loved it... although I personally don't like rainy days..but I enjoyed you story ..it is so nicely written ...keep it up bro 👍
ReplyDeletePorar obesh nei, pretty descriptive (2)
ReplyDeleteForever rain .........
ReplyDeleteThe heavy downpour which you'd portrayed in your blog just remembered me the first day at KV. Your writings are full of visual imagery and one can relate with what happened to you, be in present or past.
ReplyDeleteNostalgia 100
ReplyDeleteWell done bro 👍👌.A good source of entertainment in this lockdown period.
ReplyDeleteThis actually reminded me of a English lesson in cls 9,Rain on the roof and coincident enough it rained that day.Tuhin u may recall that were scolded by mam for not focussing in the cls.Pure nostalgia!
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