Whenever it rains heavily during the monsoon, I have to remain indoors. At the moment, I am seated near the window watching the rain. Thinking wistfully. I remember sailing paper boats in the monsoons as a child. Today’s weather is ideal for this.
Torrential rain is falling from a gloomy sky. The roads were slippery and slushy. Rainwater gushed to the sea in the gutters with glee. When it rained, no boy remained inside. At home, there was nothing to do but read picture books and play Monopoly and Ludo.
Outside, the joy was better. Everyone showed up to play. to saturate. in the rain, to sail paper boats. No youngsters are doing this currently, in my opinion. Boys made paper boats from notebook paper easily. and watched merrily as the boats went down the gutter.
Hoping raindrops falling from the leaves of trees didn’t scuttle our boats like Japanese torpedo bombers sinking American warships at Pearl Harbour. If that happened, we resolutely built a replacement boat.
At home, there were several pages in a notepad. On our boats, we occasionally scribbled our names. The same goes for our schools.
Our roll number, the class we were in for the day. believing the paper boats could travel a long way. be discovered in a foreign country. similar to throwing a message in a bottle into the water.
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content have been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. I am interviewing almost every role model in this country and getting 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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