Sunday, June 3, 2007

RAIN!!



Rain has always brought with it nostalgic memories! It has always taken me back to the bygone days..... my childhood! It was in the month of June, when schools reopened after the long summer holidays that nature greeted us with the first streaks of rain. Excitement of starting our first day in a new grade , meeting up with our friends to share the wonderful vacation we had , putting on the newly stitched uniforms and colorful raincoats......our tiny brains stuffed with innumerable unsaid anxieties.


Our school usually had a tradition of beginning the academic year on a Wednesday. I still wonder why we had to put on our white uniforms. Wednesday was a white day , when all students wore their spic and span white uniforms (aftermath of tedious hard work of mama's laundry).....which turned to almost brown at the end of the day and faded to light yellow by the end of the year. Monsoons were especially welcome for us kids because we loved to stick our feet into the running water of the temporary streams and feel the cold sensation. We used to splash water on each other unmindful of our mother's troubles. We beamed with joy when we overcrowded the streams with our hand made paper boats!We forgot to get our umbrellas to school on purpose so that we could drench in the showers , and dance like peacocks.....



Have you ever smelled the aroma of rain.... I love to just lie down listening to the soothing sound of rain....it is music to my ears.....but it is definitely incomplete without the tantalizing aroma...When the powerful rain pours with all its might and embraces earth , the embodiment of femininity and unfathomable beauty.....there is born gentle, calming aroma ! It is the chaste smell of earth conceived and born out of the purging spirit of water , Rain!



Rain has always urged me to a state of passivity!I just love to do nothing!... nothing at all.... rain had taught me just to sit and stare!Just now it poured cats and dogs and my toddler came running to me ...alarmed by the thunder's roars. The fear had gripped him so much that his innocent eyes were raining too!I grabbed him in my arms and cuddled him close to me..when we were interrupted by the thoughtful ideas of my 5 year old...I enjoyed seeing him trying to calm down his brother !

He said , “ the earth too needs to take bath .....rain is just the water from the Gods ....The sound that scared you is nothing but the clapping of God's hands! He is happy”! I heard both kids giggle after this wise talk....


The most precious gift that life showered on me are my bundles of joy.... my two little boys! How can I forget the day they filled my whole being with the sense infinite bliss. I remember the first time I walked into the labor room , trying to keep up the faint smile on my face in spite of the intermittent lightening and thunderous pain...nurses trying to lighten up my mood , pulled aside the curtains of the French windows . I felt nature fully participating and supporting this co creation! The lightening , the thunder..... all just reflections of myself...I silently invoked the powers of nature ., to rain on me! And when my baby finally arrived...his cry perfectly merged with orchestra outside. It might seem an accidental co incidence , or a tactful game of providence...my second delivery was a photo copy of my first one..... the same hospital , the same room , the same heavy down pour.... and once again a boy to take me to ecstasy !


Rain is purity, chastity and pure joy.....listen to it , smell it, taste it , feel it and you will love it!

14 comments:

Rajeev S said...

You write so well nandu... i enjoy reading your thoughts... i would say exceptional... i am very proud of you... maamu

Prashant said...

fantastic writing !!..this is the second blog of urs i hav read...my vocab is improving nw..hehe..keep them coming nandukka...

Mishmash ! said...

Quite surprised to see your li'l one interpretation of rain!! :)

Shn

srp said...
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srp said...

nandukki :-) super mom and super kids
keep writing......

from gadav

Naveen Prabhu said...

this is getting better by the day .... the spontaneity in your write ups is striking ...i too was transported back to the school days ... coudn't help smiling as i imagined kanna convincing sree of the necessity of rain ..... the "natural orchestra" also makes one think ....try sending these to some newspaper .... vinnu ...

Li'l Lite said...

Awesome post...i love the rain and also the way it has been interpreted here!!!

Susan said...

Beautifully rendered, every word of it. What is it about nostalgia that resonates with every single one of us? I loved this post.

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Unknown said...

Felt really wonderful reading it..... taken back through history to those good old days.... rainy days, school days. Intense thoughts and powerful insight into minor details. Well the trajectory of the distant past, the present and the recent past has been traced beautifully!!! Your son’s innocence however is thought-provoking! Great job! Hope to read more from you.

June 6, 2007 10:41 PM

Bharathy said...

Me went a li'l nostalgic..the rains in Kerala..
Beautiful writing,poetic as well
I am a Lover of poetry and dance an art lover on the whole..
Warm welcome to my place..

Dr Sudha Kilikar said...

nandukka ,wrote very well , i love the rain , enjoyed it ,went back to school days....

Sindhya Govind said...

Wow, that was an amazing write up... I am your biggest fan..Brought back nostalgic moments especially first day of school...Also some thoughts for future;-)

Thinking Cramps said...

well said. that was poetic. i need to read these things so that the incessant rains continue to seem pleasant :)