VERY HEAVY RAINS

Today very heavy rains lashed Mumbai. Memories of the fateful day of 26th July 2005 (also called 26/7 like 9/11) were brought back. Water flooded the streets and I nearly would have had another 'swimming pool in my house' experience had Rain Gods not stopped the deluge in time. Being caught in the floods is a really terrible experience as I have experienced it in the past. All your contact with the outside world is broken. All phones are dead, power is missing, if the situation is as bad as 26/7, worst no papers too. The worst part of this is that you feel that the calamity is localised and after a couple of days you come to know that the entire city suffered. All food is washed away and you are left starving (even the shops dont have food, so no question of buying). This problem will continue as long as the nullahs (they are supposed to be rivers. Yes proper rivers like Yamuna, Ganges although not as big) are not repaired. They will conyinue to flood Mumbai. And this is just the beginning of monsoon. I wonder how will the people pull through the whole 3 or 4 months.