It rained in Hyderabad yesterday. In fact it lashed out. A long awaited shower was finally here. But, on my way back home, as I got drenched, I saw how life changed for a few hours for many. Rain means different things for different people. For me, it is a futile exercise because it causes traffic jams, clogs roads, spoils my clothes. But that's a selfish thought.
Rain brings smiles to many and frowns to a few.
- For a farmer, it is hope.
- For a poet, it is an inspiration.
- For a teenager, it is joy.
- For the roasted corn seller, it means more business.
- For the municipal worker, it means more work.
- For a slum dweller, it means a leaking roof.
- For the homeless pauper, it is misery.
- For the romanticist, it is pleasure.
- For a kid, it means no play.
- For a glutton, it means craving for hot food.
- For a middle class man, it means soiled clothes.
- For an office-goer, it means a long ride back home.
- For a rich man, it makes no difference.
- For the retired person, it is a different sight from his window.
- For a lover, it is an enticer.
- For a newlywed, it is a stimulator.
- For a voyeur, it brings gratification.
- For a timberman, it means a new wait for sunshine.
- For a dead man, it means a delayed funeral.
- Deepak Karamungikar
9 comments:
Short and Superrr :)
The last line is the show stealer... Super one
For the Good Samaritans - Every rain drop comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged with man.
..and the last but not least. for me, it means y'day is the hell all the way comes down to the earth..
For a Telugu Movie .. it means its time for a song and for Hollywood .. it means .. a strong background for a sad scene.
nice one!!! especially fr the dead man...a delayed funeral...jaldi kisko hai yaar!!!
For me it means tht the time has come to listen to the GNR track >>> November Rain... :)
So very nicely put. I personally love rainfall and get drenched whenever I find an opportunity to. For me, rain is God's way of reminding us, we have a second innings to play. The Lord Almighty says, in the Holy Quran [32:27]- Are they not aware that it is We who drive the rain onto dry land devoid of herbage, and thereby bring forth herbage of which their cattle and they themselves do eat? Can they not, then, see [the truth of resurrection]?
:)
- J
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