There is a saying, “Too much of a
good thing is bad.”

A few weeks ago I had written a
paean to rain, exalting over the comfort and respite it brings to our lives
during the hot summer months.  Now after
incessant rain for almost two weeks, the same me wants to scream out, “Oh, God!
Please stop the rain…!”

Haven’t got a glimpse of the sun for
almost two weeks now…everything has become damp and musty.  Many areas in our city are under water.  I’m fortunate in a sense that I reside in an
area where there is no water-logging and my workplace is only a short distance
away.  But imagine the plight of those
whose houses are inundated, who have to wade through knee-deep water or slush
to go to their workplaces or markets!  My
discomforts are negligible in comparison to the woes of countless people of our
city and our State.

Our whole State is reeling under
flood.  Lakhs of people have been forced
to leave their homes and hearths and take shelter in relief camps. They have
lost their crops and cattle and perhaps everything they hold dear.

Sometimes I can’t help but feel
guilty that while I keep complaining about the small discomforts in my life,
scores of people are experiencing real nightmares and they don’t know when all
these will end and they’ll be able to go back to their homes and start their
lives anew.

I can only say a silent prayer, “Please,
God, stop the rains and please bring out the sunshine…!”