For a few fleeting evenings every June, Mumbai belongs to neither summer nor monsoon. It belongs to both. One season is taking its leave with grace. The other waits patiently for its cue. Somewhere between them, beneath a sky painted with memory and promise, the city watches and listens. As in this gorgeous panoramic image taken from the Coastal Road by a friend.
The sky seems unable to make up its mind. Above, high in the fading blue, linger the last brushstrokes of summer. Wisps of cloud, feather-light and touched by gold, drift across the sky as though reluctant to surrender their place. They have the look of old actors lingering on stage after the final curtain, unwilling to leave the applause behind.
Far below them, over the Back Bay skyline, another presence gathers. The monsoon has not yet arrived. But it is there nevertheless, waiting beyond the horizon. You can sense it in the darker clouds massing over the water. They sit low and patient, saying little. The advance guard of a season that never needs an introduction.
Between the two, the sky becomes a meeting place. Where a conversation happens. Summer whispering its farewells while the monsoon listens in silence. The sea lies unusually calm beneath them, smooth as polished steel, reflecting the last light of the day. And then there are people. Tiny dark figures on the promenade. Dwarfed by the vastness of the sky and sea.
For while the heavens negotiate the changing of the seasons, life below continues as it always has. Someone pauses to admire the sunset. Someone else sits lost in thought. That may be the loveliest thing about Mumbai’s monsoon. No matter how many times it arrives, we still wait for it. Like an old friend expected home after a long journey. We scan the horizon. We study the clouds. We speculate. And then, one morning, it is here.
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 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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