My Experience of 'A Rainy Day'
A rainy day is a day of rainfall. It disrupts all the normal activities of daily life. We have many such days in our country during the rainy season. Here is a description of one such day.
It was the month of Shabagh. The sky had been overcast with clouds for a few days with occasional drizzles. On the 15th of July, 2007, a heavy shower began at about nine in the morning. As the rainfall continued, the thought of going to school was out of the question. I began to watch the scene through the window. What a horrible sight it was!
The roads and streets were under knee-deep water. Almost all kinds of vehicles had stopped moving and were standing aside. Only double-deckers plied on, splashing water on all sides. The ripples they raised entered the ground floors of many roadside houses and shops. Some urchins enjoyed themselves swimming and sprinkling water in fun. Here and there were people wading slowly through the water, with their clothes drawn up high above their knees.
The small park on the other side of our house looked like a vast sheet of water. The rain stopped after about an hour, but it took a long time for the water to subside. All kinds of vehicles began to move again, and people went about their business with hurried steps.
I came out to see the condition in the nearby lanes. Water had entered most of the slums and bustee houses. A few sheds had tumbled down altogether under the heavy downpour. All these sights reminded me of the picture of village life on a rainy day. The misery of poor people, especially the day laborers, knows no bounds. But the rich enjoy the day very much.
