Rains

remind me

• of fresh smell of the earth
• playfulness
• soaking in the warm rain drops on my face...
• rushing from school and on the way jumping in the puddles.. 
• my umbrella being torn in the rain and me just giving up and walking enjoying getting drenched
• riding in the rain through the forests...and ghats
• shivering in the cold with a wet blanket and warming up with shots of vodka
• trekking down to a beautiful waterfall with the drizzle of rain and mist around me
• of small hot tea cups... by the highway... while it pitter patters 
• of being enclosed in a tent with the wild nature around us and just hearing the rain beat down on the tent ceiling.... just next to my ear.. 
• of monsoon rides and getting lost... inside the forest and then finally coming to a path where huts had meat and puttu balls waiting for us... 
• of surrounded by comfort food and looking out through the wooden framed windows to far away mountains.. 
• a bus leaking while journeying a long distance... 
• my basement flooded... with really dirty water
• bikes clogged... 
• really bad.. drainage management...hahaha :)