Message from the Rain

Raindrops live short and meaningful lives. Do we do the same?

- Bharanidharan K

Rain. This simple four-letter word takes a little more than a second to type; however, for the actual event to manifest, the entire universe must orchestrate to the minutest detail. For many, rains indicate that the monsoon has started. For a few groups of unlucky people, rains are an unwelcome guest and they wish that the guest would take leave at the earliest. Only for a chosen set of blessed people, this unmatched, unparalleled drama of nature means a lot.

What's the strong message that the rain brings to mankind?

It was a cold night during the winter season, when the clock slowly whispered 2 a.m. The unimportant collage of thoughts that was occupying my subconscious mind slowly faded away. I was conscious enough to pick up the sound of the clock when it slowly crossed at 2 a.m. Deep inside my subconscious mind, I had this strange vision. It was a cloudburst. Rains, all of a sudden, started rushing towards earth as if there was a competition, or as if, someone had given a target to the clouds on the net rain rate. Huge drops of rain started falling. As I fantasized about being drenched in rains, this was yet another opportunity for me to take a rain bath. However, as if time had started moving in slow motion, I could visualize the big raindrops slowly releasing from the clouds and then listening politely to the steering winds and following its order on where to land. A few drops fell on me and a few were changing their course and moving to a different destination. Everything was happening in slow motion in my mind and I could sense those rains getting intense and vigorous.