I suddenly realise how boring and mundane my life has become in a certain way , so while people write about their trips to the jungle and their trips to India and Mushrooms and acid , I sit here and think getting wet in the rain is an adventure.
But it was for me. When over a three Kilometer journey looms in front of you, in a down pour that could shame Niagara falls , every street an amazon river in itself and well it is a jungle out there after all. And so begins the rainy day Adventure.
It was a quite Friday evening, the day had been dark and ominous. I worked in the office as usual , sending mails and daydreaming , and after the daily grunge it was the blog reading time. had come across a very interesting blogger , suited my taste and so i read on , at about 7 it was decided that it was definitely time to go home. But what was not known to me was that the rains had started with a vengeance about 15 minutes ago, so tucking my bag i walked to the gate to realise the deluge which was upon us. There was this crowd gathered all waiting for the rain gods to stop their fury , but nothing changed , so while I stood there looking at this beautiful rain , it dawned upon me that it wont stop. So i walked to the gate to wait for an auto , and in the process got wet.
The night was beautiful , the rain was amazing , so away went my bag back into the dept, and off i went to meet the rain, it was cold it was refreshing , it was like this old light returning to me, and i remembered my lazy rain walks in Manipal, but this was definitely not happening. Too wet in four steps , wow what rain. So i hailed an Auto and as luck would have it he stopped, this mad driver , with adventure on his mind, off we went through wet streets at maddening pace.
Traffic Jam , bloody hell its pouring and the pace of life still doesn't stop, we went into this by street, the roads filled with water , I can see vehicles on the side submerged in water, theres this indica on the side trying to start and its exhaust spewing out water which it has swallowed like a thirsty child, a little too fast. The auto stops, the engine goes off , my heart skips a beat, the adventures just begun. On the way there were people standing on the sides, looking at the rain hailing autos, trying to at least , and i think it would be a good sight with some hot tea and under a good strong roof. The autos luckily run out of petrol and hes carrying a bottle of it, my life springs back to action , and i look out of the auto as he splashes water around on others, his pace is fast cant damn see the road but no , he wont make no compromises on the speed.
We reach this section of the road about a kilometer from my house which is always clogged with water and that too tremendous amounts of it, he refuses to go any further and i cajole him to take another road, the roads clogged and what to do, so I take the brave step of stepping out of Auto onto the Sidewalk, theres a river flowing on the road and im standing at its bank. But then at some point in the future I walk into the water its cold and my shoes are wet , the waters till my ankles now, and then I turn a corner might as well get some food, The waters till my knees now, and i wonder if ill catch some fish too, manholes can be really dangerous and i see a few regurgitating water. its a beautiful wet day im drenched and im cold but there is smile on my face which just cant be wiped out. The water becomes less , and the walk is easier. The guys at the Chinese shop laugh at me looking my pitiable condition and i feel really jolly and at the same time contemplative , the foods prepared fast and the cigarettes are bought and nicely wrapped in a plastic bag to keep them dry.
And I walk home in a drizzle its beautiful, a kid cycles by me and smiles this real heart warming smile and i feel well the whole of Humankind is somehow united in this rain , they are all fighting together to get back home , and it s a journey worth its pleasure.
A warm bath a bottle of wine a good movie my days made and the adventures over .
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