The best time to be in Kerala, which otherwise has only summer as a season. When my friends rue over black clouds rolling across the sky calling it depressing weather, I would be enthralled.
There was a time when rains brought down immense joy. When e spent time jumping into the water-filled shallow manure pits around coconut trees in our backyard. The tender grass below would provide enough care for our young feet.
As the rain lasts longer, the puddle would widen, eventually filling an entire area of our coconut grove, making it look like a backwater. Then emerges water springs at certain locations. The way fine sand makes way for the water springs was a sight to watch. We would dig the area further so as to trace the origin of the spring that comes out tickling our little fingers.
When playing and flying kites on the fields where harvest is over, it is the race against the rain. Dark clouds would roll over snatching away the bright evening from us and we hear the storm buzzing from far. We sprint home to protect our kites that we made spending hours, especially to get the thread knot right that enables it fly steady. As the buzz grows, we garner pace and finally crash on to the verandah of our home as the rain beats down.
With global warming and climate change intensifying, it has affected rain patterns also. Sometimes it is downpour that lasts for days, flooding the tiny state and sometimes it is scanty rainfall that leaves the state scorching for months together.
One thing that hasn't changed is the way I associate Kerala to rains.
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You mentioned global warming. Let us do something to protect our environment. Hindu saints should develop something like havan (a ritual) that all do and help environment. Vedic thinking indicates that we do something for rest of the world. Otherwise rest of the world cannot function properly. Management Principles - Application in Operations Management
What a happy reminiscence! Growing up in Sri Lanka and going to school in Tamil Nadu, I feel as if the monsoons were reliable every afternoon or evening during the rainy season. It was long ago, so maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but I can feel your childhood "race against the monsoon" - trying to get all the outside things done before the rain arrived.
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Thanks, Red
Yes the rains were mostly in the afternoons... Though there were days it would rain continuously
I think it should begin with individuals. Each person planting a tree, pledging to avois plastic, using natural resources carefully... All will help a lot
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