First shower of the season

Finally, it’s raining in Chennai!
Everyone has a theory why it gets hotter every year and why it never rains when it’s supposed to. Want to know mine?
SIN. Pure and simple sin. We build something on every square inch of land we can find and encroach on air space; we pollute the few water bodies in the city beyond the boundaries of what our olfactory sense can bear, we harbour corrupt politicians, we drive too many vehicles, we litter our public areas and we don’t care. God is punishing us mortals with irregular rain. And we're punishing ourselves with bad drainage.

I’m not a saint or anything but it does annoy me when people say, “Why bother when it’s only going to get worse?” Please, if you get cancer you’re not going to sit around waiting to die until it’s too late. And you’re not going to say, “Oh it’s too expensive to treat. I’d rather die.”

Coming back to the point, the weather is amazing. Can you believe that I haven’t seen lightning for such a long time? I stayed awake last night just to watch the flashes of light behind my closed window. It’s strangely exhilarating. Apparently, someone somewhere in this city is doing something right.