And last evening, the rains came. A sudden heavy shower took the city by surprise. Accompanied by a rowdy wind that excitedly tore through the house. Billowing the curtains. Knocking over the potted plants. Slamming doors shut. And sending me
chasing after scattered newspapers. I watched from the window as it bent the trees on my lane at will. The rain swept in from the sea. Carrying with it a cool, stinging moistness. Like a splash of Old Spice on a roughly shaved face. The heady scent of the
parched earth gratefully received the first shower rising from the compound below.
But I knew this was just an emissary. Sent to check the city’s preparedness. The official southwest monsoon is fooling around on the Konkan coast. Its bags packed. Waiting for the starter’s gun. After which it will race down to Mumbai. Dropping gallons of
water on the Raigad forts, writing off the last of the season’s mangoes, bringing joy to the farmers tilling their fields with suntanned faces turned to the sky. Over the ghats, knocking on the rooftops of hill-station resorts, passing the Deccan Queen on
its way to Pune. Down the Expressway. And then, triumphantly entering Mumbai.
I am confused by the weather reports. They all have conflicting forecasts. The Meteorological Department’s weatherman is now joined by a private operator called Skymet. While on Twitter, there’s an optimistic enthusiast called the India Weather Man
putting out poetic tweets on the monsoon’s progress with videos of rain-washed roads and palm trees swaying on the coast. All of them were engaged in plotting the aggressive movement of the cyclonic storm Biparjoy. After sending it on its way, they are
hedging bets on the monsoon’s arrival in Mumbai. Get your umbrellas out.
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content has been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. Being interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, and columnist.
With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, and Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He himself is a TEDx speaker.
Further
His interviews have been featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. Almost every famous person has been interviewed by him in the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.
Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward in a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work.
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