Revived Monsoon

Yet another cached post. Hope you enjoy!

20 July 2018,

The mahanakshatra of Pushya is stirring hope of revived monsoon. Finally the glory of monsoon is back in our village. The fields are flooded and rains are relentless. The monsoon has revived and has magically turned the land to temporary lakes. The rains are crossing 200mm and the schools have declared holiday. Hopefully the saga lasts longer than expected.

Back in bangalore, the monsoon has shown some presence here too. The rains are showing up from past 3 days and it was quite heavy yesterday. Today on my weekend walk along the Rachenahalli lake, I caught those fabulous monsoon clouds (probably lazy) rushing from west horizon. The scenes are fascinating to capture for a landscape enthusiasts. The light was splendid. The clouds were everywhere. The winds were heavy. Overall, heartfelt scenes to capture.

I thought the sky would be illuminated during sunset but just when sun began sinking, a huge band of clouds hovered over the troposphere obliterating the light show. By the time, I had captured many vibrant scenes and this did not annoy so much. This time monsoon anomaly is quite noticeable. Sometimes rain and sometimes sun.

Needless to mention, it did not rain as per the intensity of clouds. Just a pinch of drizzle to contend for

Ending Note:

10 days after relentless rains, the MET department declared to expect above normal rains in next two weeks. Alas! I don't know if there is jinx associated with their declaration or nature wants to challenge human kind. The rains completely stopped later ON. It is dry spell again with intense heat.

During the intermission of Monsoon rains

It is not that my kitty is empty but the blog activity reduced for a while thanks to my inertia. The slackness has slumped blogger activity since months. Now it is time to push the power button and start uploading the cached write-ups. This is the first one and hope you enjoy it!


25th Aug 2019,

After pompous celebration of Janmashtami with sumptuous meal & snacks, today we set out for short stroll towards the magnificent backwaters of Arabian sea nearby in-laws house. It has been raining healthily from past 45 days and monsoon is on its normal course. The traction which began 45 days back is persevering till date with either showers or heavy rains smashing the region. The scene was similar during the Janmashtami day wherein the heavy rains complemented the birthday of Lord Krishna. Fortunately and surprisingly on the subsequent day, the Sun rose over the blue skies of kundapura briefly. This motivated us to visit the river bank for a while but not without umbrella. The mercurial rains are never a safe bet and protection like umbrella is inevitable. It was me and my toddlers who embarked on a short journey to the hinterland on a rare sunny day. It was an hour of joyful but sweltering stroll which concluded safely without any showers. The final relief after reaching home was none other than glass of cool lemon juice.

Being persistently raining, the land is covered with muck and my toddlers had tough time negotiating them. A stigma is associated with them on stepping over the muck. I had to convince them that it would be cleaned as we go home. Majority of the path was concreted but at some places puddles ruled. Stepping on those puddles was not a problem since the surface was clean :-). My toddlers too coped up with it. The last stretch is muddy road and to our luck it was relatively dry. We had a fine glimpse of murky backwater under shadow of coconut trees. The hinterland is now garnished with lush green landscape thanks to prevailing monsoon rains. This place is known for torrential rains during monsoon season (exceeding 5000 mm annually) due to its proximity with western ghats.

As you see, this place looks cool but actually its too hot & humid. My toddlers wanted to move further and stay for some more time. But managing them with single umbrella was difficult. Also the stranded muck prevented us from further moving forward. We restricted our short stay to minimal area.

The monsoon season is ripe time for paddy cultivation. Most of the farmers here have initiated paddy cultivation. Hopefully they will have good returns for their hard work

The clouds were minimal with blue sky dominating the majority of troposphere. That was not the case until the clock ticked towards 1PM. The heavy clouds gathered and started pouring with high  velocity. That was the end of brief sun lit time which was thoroughly enjoyed despite the intense perspiration