The Bombay monsoons were her favourite season. They did not have to wear black Bata shoes but wore rain footwear instead. The plants looked clean and green. The mini waterfalls in Mumbra were a treat. The weather was apt for fried bajjis ( among her favourite snacks) which she had learnt to call bhajiyas on moving to Bombay.
And on some days she would travel all the way to school to find it was shut due to heavy rains. There were no mobiles then and they did not even have a phone. And the journey back home would be thrilling. She would be ready to cosy up with an Enid Blyton or some such, munch away at the snacks at home, fix herself some macaroni and hot chocolate.
Then she would await her Amma's return from college for the deep fried goodies. No phones, no computers, no cable TV. Just the monsoon magic of a surprise holiday .
View from my cabin
Anush has an off today once again at school, due to the rains. She was thrilled at the holiday and said " Again no school today!!"
She wanted to know if I could stay home to be with her. . .
Chennai monsoon fun - enlarge and note the spellings
12 comments:
Miss Madras mazhai the most - especially during Deepavali
My talai deepavali, yearrsssss ago was one mazhai-filled Deepavali!
Deepavali-fervour - sweets, shopping, "ganga snanam aaacha" at 5pm despite the adai-mazhai - Me missing madras mazhai
oh the joys of an unexpected day off from school!
btw why no school for anush?
blogeswari- here is a piece of it coming your way
chox-
too much rain and water logging-no response on the illustration??
oh didn't check mail, will do now. btw LOLing at gapoad!
i didn't get " gapoad" immediately then i rolled in laughter and clicked it for our viewing pleasure
gapoad!! ha ha ha ha ha.
nice story btw...the narration from childhood.
hmm wistful nostalgia ? Me too longs for the time when there were no mobiles, computers, 24-hour TV channels...
Happy Deepavali well in advance to you, Anush, Navy and others at home.
Deepavali and rains !!!
isnt that the best ?!!!
Getting wet wearing new clothes!!!!!!
I miss those so much !
happy diwali folks
:)
yes! unexpected holidays are lot more fun!
sad part is we need to think so much to take a break juste comme ca!
hope anush had a fun day!
cheers!
abha
LOL! love the banner... and Happy Diwali to you guys!
mama mia- yes she has fun no matter what
madmomma- tnx rare visitor
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