The Best of Monsoon

After getting soaked up in the Bangalore rains twice in less than 24 hours, and one of them being very unique experience. I think i will pen down my best 3 moments WINNERS of the monsoon season and some consolation prizes.

What happened yesterday can't make to the top three but is definitely but a mention. Many times in the movies we watch that in rains, someone standing near a stalled vehicle asking for help. Something very similar happened last night (24-10-2008 : 01:15 AM), people from Bangalore can draw clear picture. On the airport road there are many low lying areas where are heavy rainfall, water gets logged before being eventually sewage off. So we were out towards the KempFort pizza hut (definitely not for pizza), while coming back, our Lancer had to go through some of these water logged low lying areas. Given the appalling state of the car, it stalled near the HAL main gate. So here we are, 3 of us pushing the 100-kg dabba (read car) on the airport road in a hope that it would start some time sooner. For 5 minutes this drama continued, after which all of us were all soaked up until the engine roared.

Now jumping to the rankings at once. Presenting before you, my very own,

The three best moments of the monsoon till date : Starting with the second runner-up

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This one is not exactly amidst heavy rains. In my 10th standard I used to go for maths tuition in arera colony,Bhopal. One day after a heavy downpour I and one of my friend, abhishek nema, were returning back to our home. Everyday we, sort of, used to compete on who will reach nutan college first, which by the way was tiring, considering the Bhopal heat. But the rain that day made the race exciting as ever, not only because of the cool breeze but also because of a naughty prank which you can play of rain laden leaf branches. As we cut through the traffic in the area of charimli, which is densely covered with trees. Every time I got to the lead i used to pluck one of the branches and run, as the one behind had no idea of it used to be the victim and the droplets on leaves used to provide a perfect downpour. Also as we know the real rain fun is to get wet yourself, so many times we traded the roles and got wet. The playfulness, naughtiness, carelessness makes this the third most memorable moment of the monsoon.

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Probably everyone wants to enjoy the first rain of the season. I also did, until an February evening with kukku. I can't assure that it was the first rain of the season, as it always rains in Bangalore, but it definitely was the first weekend evening when some of us where free. Somewhere around 3 it started to drizzle, by 4 the rain caught some real power. As many don't bathe on weekend, but I had to do on this one at least. I got a crazy thought of, you know, get out aimlessly roam around get all wet and no one to scold after. But all crazy ideas remain ideas unless you execute them, and for something as crazy as this, i needed an accomplice. Well, Hanish (aka kukku), turned himself in for the job. So for next 50-60 minutes we were walking, running, talking, screaming, shivering - more importantly without any purpose - aimlessly. The feeling was superb and the feat exceptional. I congratulate kukku and me for the second spot.

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In comes the champion : Well this has to be related with sports. In past I have been part of many football and kabaddi matches in rain, but never ever i enjoyed so much as in this one. My first durga pooja holidays in IITR, in our colony, Danish Nagar, we had a good distinction between when to play cricket and when to enjoy football. One of the evening, free from pooja activities I get time to go to the only ground where we play everything. Today it was football, and that too a special match. All college final years versus the rest. Some 10 college final year students formed a team, and on other side we were, 2 college first yearites, 3 from twelfth stnd, 2 from eleventh, and some 6 from 10th and below. Soon after the match started in came the rain, just like ones we see in EPL, as the rain grew strong, so did mud on ground. By end we won emphatically 12-3 with me scoring 6 of them. Also we were covered with mud from toe to face. The best part with rains is you can always clean yourself before heading back home. But when I reached I was in surprise from my mom. Someone from the colony called my home and told her about all these. But in all the masti the experience was first of kind which lead me to so many more rain soaked matches.

The one definitely missing and would make to the top the table has to be a romantic one, pyaar huya ik-raar huya types scene, or Jab we met - "tumse hi ", still to experience, sigh sigh !!!!!