"Majestic Monsoon"

The shifting winds and the lovely drops of rain have ushered in India’s monsoon season, Monsoon brings in amazing colors of life with it. After hearing the word Monsoon Don't we feel fresh..??
After the grilling and cruel heats of summer the whole nation eagerly welcomes this heavenly shower of cold drops of life sustaining liquid with open hands. Monsoon fills the countrysides with verdure and gives back to the earth the richness, which was taken away by the grueling summer days.

                      

This is such a climate which brings life into you. The monsoon in India starts from June to September of every year.
Monsoon is the season where you can enjoy and admire the nature to the fullest and relive all the happy moments of childhood.
The drops that falls from the sky makes you feel like heaven. You can feel the magic in the air which is cold enough to make you feel special, the earth carries its awesome essence which gets mixed up in the air, the sky keeps changing its color, when this happens you cant find anything as much beautiful as the sky appears.
                             
                     

You can also hear the song that rain sings with the winds, the rainbow that makes its shades on the skies and mountains looks very enchanting.
The rain droplets gives an image of a diamond though you can’t owe it, you can feel it. Plus the heavenly smell of earth which is just amazing. The best thing that kids and the young people enjoy in rain is that of playing football when it’s raining that too in mud, it brings a great joy which can not be expressed. The flying off of umbrellas in between the rains due to the fast wind blowing, this is a thing which can make you laugh even though you are alone.
                            

The cutest are the school going kids with their raincoats jumping in the water to splash the water all around, once we too have experienced the same which we still cherish in our sweet memories(probably the best part of schooling). In monsoon you can actually feel the presence of the God on earth, through the nature.

                             
                             

The best part of the monsoon which i enjoy a lot is The Savoury Delights, as the rainy days are the ones when movement becomes restricted. It is at this point that food becomes the center of thought. With rains making market food unhealthy, the best option seems experimenting in kitchen.
Probaly the most liked food of monsoon are Samosas, Pakora (Paneer Pakora, Onion Pakora, Bread pakora..) , Dhokla, Kachories, Bread Rolls....Ahh mouth watering, isn't it..??

                            

Monsoon is used best by our Bollywood, Almost all love stories in India have their beginning and making in Bollywood ‘Rainy’ songs.
Every other Bunty-Babli, Raj-Simran, Guddu-Sweety fall in love against the backdrop of trickling rains and the ambience created by a sensuous rain song. Lovers bathe in the visual and musical impact of Hindi songs, in which the drenched, sexy heroine romances a muscle-flexing hero - while raindrops trickle down their bodies.
Bollywood songs on the rainy season have assisted many-a-love-story.
But the recent love-story of the elusive and old-fashioned Mr Monsoon and the ‘bindaas’ Miss Rain is truly ‘chatpata’.
Here is an eyewitness’ account:

                             
Ek ladki bheegi bhagi si….
It is the evergreen track from the film ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gadi (1958)’, starring Madhubala and Kishore Kumar, is hailed as a cult song. Madhubala looks ethereal in a drenched sari and Kishore Kumar is at his comic best.

                             
Pyar hua ikraar hua hai…(My personel favourite)
This classic from ‘Shri 420’ (1955) is the first song that comes to our mind when we think of a rain number in Bollywood. Composed by Shankar Jaikishan, and sung by Lata Mangeshkar-Manna Dey jodi, it is picturised on the legendary onscreen couple – Raj Kapoor and Nargis.


                                                    
Dum dum diga diga…
This popular Kalyanji-Anandji song from ‘Chhaliya’ (1960) has been rendered by Mukesh and picturised skillfully on Raj Kapoor.


                                             
Tip tip barsa paani….
This is a typical Bollywood rain song from ‘Mohra’ (1994) in which Raveena Tandon donning a diaphanous saree tries to seduce the impassive Akshay Kumar. Sung by Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan and composed by Viju Shah, this song continues to top memory charts for its ‘latkas and jhatkas’.

Barso re megha megha…
Picturised on Aishwarya in the film ‘Guru’ (2007) the song by Shreya Ghoshal captures the euphoria rain creates.


So, this was how Mr Monsoon and Miss Rain fell madly in love. Their love is still growing strong, inspite of stiff opposition from the ‘polluted’ world and its people… but this doesn’t stop the duo from dancing and singing on popular rain songs of Bollywood at every given opportunity: Ghode jaisi chal (Dil to paagal hai)…Ghanan ghanan(Lagaan)…Saawan barse (Dahek) and so on…

Their message to all - Keep drizzling with love!


              


I will conclude with a poem-

oh! Megh, listen to me for directions
To my beloved; Take what you need
Through every pore; if your tired feet
Must rest, on mountaintops repose
With crystal waters to quench your thirst
Then do carry on your task....

Meghdoot (Kalidas)


*All the images are duly acknowledged to the original photographers or the persons who have uploaded them on the cyberspace by a link back to their sources. Readers are encouraged to visit the profiles and photo streams of these photographers on flickr for viewing more excellent photographs.

           
HAPPY MONSOON :) :)

Peace..Peace..Peace..!!
Love to all..

Amen..!!