The rains were most welcome yesterday and a relief to most of the city-dwellers. Though complaints about water-logging were heard just about everywhere, the rain was enjoyed by almost everyone. I have always loved getting wet in the rain and yesterday was no exception and the best part was crossing Tank Bund on the bike with Vaishali whom I know from my workshop. Tank Bund was at its prettiest, covered in a gray rainy mist with nothing visible on the other side due to the heavy showers....Buddha turned into a shade of brown rather than its usual gray hue and as we moved forward the golden disc began to show itself from behind the clouds to cast a golden hue over the whole setting. More than anything it reminded me of the lead confirmatory test we used to perform in the chemistry lab...where we were supposed to mix certain chemicals to produce golden spangles suspended in the test solution, here the only difference was that those golden spangles were natural and seemed to be suspended in the air which made me want to reach out and grab them but at the same time I just wanted to stop and marvel nature at its best on a rainy day. A most romantic setting to be enjoyed with your partner, but what do you do when you are single? Well as my infallible spirit says ‘you have yourself so enjoy the gorgeous view with your solitude, be at peace with yourself and feel the silence reverberating within you not to complain about it but to enjoy it.’ It was certainly picturesque and it transported me four months back in time when I was sitting on Beasant Nagar Beach in Chennai early in the morning when it was cloudy with the sky casting a gray shadow over the waters making it look murky, mysterious and hence exciting and dangerously enticing but nonetheless peaceful among the crashing of the waves. But here Tank Bund was transformed as I like to call it a concrete beach. Well it just might turn out as my substitute for a beach in Hyderabad without the sand and the usual activities of a beach only if it would let go of its unbearable stench!
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