Look
carefully at the dairy entries for June
24-25, August 2 and March 23. Now write down the changes that happen
as the rains progress from June to March.
Look carefully at the dairy entries for June 24-25, August 2 and March 23. Now write down the changes that happen as the rains progress from June to March.
June
24 was the first day of monsoon mist. All the birds fell silent as
the mist climbed up the hills. The author calls the mist melancholy
because not only does it conceal the hills, it blankets them in
silence too. On June 25, there was some genuine early monsoon rain.
It was warm and humid, contrary to the cold high-altitude weather
that the author had been experiencing all year. It seemed to the
author that the plants knew it too, and the first cobra lily reared
its head from the ferns. He described the weather as ‘a
paradise that might have been’. On August 2, it rained all
night. There had been no storm or thunder. The author experienced a
feeling of “being untouched by, and yet in touch with, the
rain”. March 23 marked the end of winter. The blackest cloud he
had ever seen spread over Mussoorie and then it hailed marbles for
half an hour. The hailstorm cleared the sky and he saw a rainbow
forming.
June 24 was the first day of monsoon mist. All the birds fell silent as the mist climbed up the hills. The author calls the mist melancholy because not only does it conceal the hills, it blankets them in silence too. On June 25, there was some genuine early monsoon rain. It was warm and humid, contrary to the cold high-altitude weather that the author had been experiencing all year. It seemed to the author that the plants knew it too, and the first cobra lily reared its head from the ferns. He described the weather as ‘a paradise that might have been’. On August 2, it rained all night. There had been no storm or thunder. The author experienced a feeling of “being untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain”. March 23 marked the end of winter. The blackest cloud he had ever seen spread over Mussoorie and then it hailed marbles for half an hour. The hailstorm cleared the sky and he saw a rainbow forming.
