Monday, August 25, 2008

Ye Re Ye Re Pausa

Here comes the rain, falls on my face again - BT, Circles

Let the rain fall down and wash away my tears - Celine Dion, A New Day Has Come

Dhagala laagli kaLa, paNi themb themb gaLa... Dada Kondke, Dhagala lagli kaLa

I like rain. If you live in Seattle I guess you have to. It's a coping mechanism.

For me it isn't that. Growing up in Western Maharashtra means rains come with the pleasant association of engineering vacations, the idyllic first few weeks of a semester, lush greenery and so on.

My grouse is with the pitter-patter that is Seattle rain. Unlike what BT or Celine Dion or Dada Kondke go on about, rain here doesn't pour down. The Dhags have no kaLa moments and paNi themb thembach gaLta. The clouds are just making up attendance.

Rain here kind of slides its way down apologetically, saying "Gee, I won't interrupt your life like those thunderstorms in the south or those snowstorms in the Midwest. But mind if I just kind of scoot in and make myself comfortable? Under your skin, that is."

This kind of rain drives people from more tropical climes up the wall. I'm thinking, "Can't it rain already?"

Maybe a couple of times a year these complaints are addressed. As it poured today, I looked up and let it fall on my face. There were no tears to wash away or fears to drown, but it did fill my soul.

2 comments:

nupur said...

LOL... :) very well said. Under your skin eh?
I have this everly brothers song called 'crying in the rain'. its really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0Sscke9z4

They're not from seattle tho.

Unknown said...

Gee Whiz Ajay!! Having spent a good amount of my childhood in Coorg, I thought I'd like this rain forever and ever...alas my love affair with Seattle's rains have come close to an end. I am just about ready to move boriya-bistra to some tropical paradise...if only!! Until then we have music eh!!