Monsoon

The monsoon season has finally arrived. Those who predicted its early onset and a late onset were proven wrong. It is neither too early nor too late. Infact the confusion occured due to the last-week's summer rain. So both got mixed up. But it is not too difficult to distinguish a summer-rain from monsoon-rain. The former is accompanied by gusty-winds,thunder-storms, lightning,squalls or even a north-wester. A bit scary stuff. The monsoon rain is cool,calm and steady.
With the change of season one has to change the habits too. For the past two-and-half months, I have been keeping largerly indoors to hide from the sun. Now it is the sun who is to go hiding, for weeks if not for many days. Dietary habits also need alteration. I can no longer indulge in ice-creams, fruit-juices and soft-drinks. Instead it is time for a hot-soup, herbal-tea, noodles, spice-coffee or an occasional cappuccino. Water is often drunk after boiling in cumin or coriander seeds.