Chorus: Rain, rain go away! (scratch that and say: rain, rain, come again!)
Waiting out the rain in a dhaba enroute to Sariska I'm sure you're hearing this everywhere, I do—in office, at home, in the bus, at the grocers and even the stray dogs seem to be beaming the chorus . Talk about national consensus, we seem to be having a huge one here. And predictions! Why, how could you ever leave them out? Did you get these: –It's going to be a bitter winter this time around because the rain would spill over the coming months and... (The theory) –It's going to be a very moderate winter because rains would offset the chill of the winds... (The theory) –There's a high probability of earthquakes with all the water going underground and... (I didn't stick around to get that theory) Some entertainment, I tell you, and yet, everybody says the season is dull. My apartment building is taking it hard with growing water seepage. The ceiling is damp and green with mould, so when you lie in the bed and look up it looks like a galaxy of distant star...