Monsoon Days

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All praise is for God Who gave us rain so that we may renew ourselves.

Beautiful article, Bina.

True. Our civilisation limbo is launched full throttle as soon as the monsoon arrives. But the rains are a blessing anyway. By the way, isn`t the correct word `garaj` chamak?

Happy Birthday, Bina

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thank you!...you saved me binoodinoo`s ire;)

and now that you remind us... a toast for health and peace...all else can be bought or ignored

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...err garamchamak...probably refers to the louder variety of the garaj chamak? and a minor geographical discrepancy creeps into the description when the monsson drifts east to pakistan...ain`t true no more...now it drifts west to reach pakistan. duniya salam is something new for me, hence, no comments.

...the rain is blessed indeed...but the humidity is not...and a very happy birthday, bina:)...

At this age, 55 years after throwing the Brits out, you are still dependent on `orrible `industan for monsoon? What is this, oye vey, hud ho gaiee.

Arabian Gulf and Arabian Sea need to be re-configured. Also, Sawan needs to be re-nomenclatured.

There is no justice till then. Can you imagine, EVERY cloud crossing over into Pakistan was first a visitor in India? This is like aapro Clinton nee aapree Begum Elizabeth Sahiba.

This is another difference between East and West.

The West looks forward to dryness & Summers - for sunshine, travelling, ramance, bar-b-cues, vacations

The East looks forward to rains & winters - clouds, rain for crops, kali ghatta, rainbows, romance, sheer water, lower temperatures, ability to dress up well

``The rain in India has crossed the border effortlessly, the clouds already settled in and unpacking, like visitors announcing they are going to be here for a long stay. ``

There is one more that has spread seamlessly from kashmir to quetta, the jihadic killings. The products that scream out from the 200,000 madrassas are having difficulties in finding their ways to heaven, getting into kashmir is becoming increasingly difficlult, like the monsoon it has spread to other parts of pakistan, and they have settles like visitors unloading their strapped grenades into the crowded shia mosques. Yes they are here to stay, as you say, and more and more will be unloading the products of their education.

In this monsoon season you have more to complain about than a wet birthday. May be when the rain pours, may be it is time to reflect, a little different from your article on karachi, where you try to whitewash the blood stains in the streets. May be the sunshine after the down pur should let you see through the low clouds, to see the state of pakistan. What is remarkable about the quetta killigs is that the there killers re shot down by the security guards.
An islamic country where the shia mosques are to be protected by armed guards has little reason to be proud of, and stll little even to exist. When you look out for the next rain clouds in this monsoon, look out for Su30s with triclour markings, they are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

only downside of arrival of monsoon is that it signals the beginning of the end of mango season. and btw, i am the only one who is puzzled by the fact that mangoes have not caught on with non-pakis?

Monsoon clouds know no borders ... or time ... imagine nearly two thousand years ago Kalidas`s lovesick exiled hero in ``Meghdoot`` asks the Monsoon clouds to take his message to his wife in his Himalayan hometown (with detailed flight plans!) ... and this on the first day of Asara, right about now ...

Favorite Monsoon songs anyone ?

Aaiye barishon ka mausam hai * Pankaj Udaas

Ab ke sawan * Shubha Mugdal

Barsat ki raat

Ghanan Ghanan * Lagaan

Ek Ladki Bhigi Bhagi si * Kishore Kumar

Mian Ki Malhaar * Tansen (only kidding)

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[Can you imagine, EVERY cloud crossing over into Pakistan was first a visitor in India? This is like aapro Clinton nee aapree Begum Elizabeth Sahiba.]

Do the clouds line up in front of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for visas? Do they cross at approved checkpoints such as Wagah?

£ #12 by harimau on July 7, 2003 7:25am PT
£ Ref veeresh #8

£ [Can you imagine, EVERY cloud crossing over into Pakistan was first a visitor in India?
£ This is like aapro Clinton nee aapree Begum Elizabeth Sahiba.]

£ Do the clouds line up in front of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for visas? Do £ they cross at approved checkpoints such as Wagah?

Not necessary - esp if they carry some ptoash, charcoal, maybe saltpetre, along with trinitro....and ofcourse if they originated in the Indus basin. After the water from there goes to the sea and then the clouds...you gte the drift....

jay,

.......... give it up!.......... stop wasting your time ................ it is not good for you - find some other hobby before you drive yourself nuts.........

is there anything...i mean anything written here (on chowk) that that the pesky interactor (especially the kind who only write interacts, not articles or essays or god forbid poems...nudge, nudge, wink, wink) can not turn into a slinging india pakistan hindu muslim bashing?...think i know the answer...poems...they avoid poetry with zeal and fervour unmatched;)