Monday, 30 May 2016

Rain, tea and pakora

What a relief! The rains have finally arrived and quenched the thirsty lands of eastern India.
The frogs and toads have come out of their burrows to welcome the rain. The perched river bed breathes a sigh of relief as water again flows through its veins.
Tea and Pakora
The relationship between tea, pakora and rain is an old one for most Indian household. Having hot crispy pakoras of onions, potato or brinjal with a cup of tea and the rain pouring outside is just pure bliss. Firstly, its a great relief from the sweltering heat wave that comes to a stop for the time being. The connection though between pakoras and rain is kind of inexplicable. The amazing sensation of crunching on a plateful of pakoras and sipping tea cannot be expressed but just experienced. 

The sense of happiness as the rain comes to greet our tropical lands is something that we might have inherited long time back from our ancestors as they too might have felt the same sense of joy when the rains arrived.

Sitting by the window of my room and watching the rains pour down is something I have enjoyed since childhood. The pakoras and tea used to be ready and Maa used to serve them at home. Here, though far from home, I had a similar feeling of happiness while eating the pakora and tea while watching the rain and lightning-thunder show which was presented by Mother nature.
In a flash, I was a boy of eight again sitting by my window and watching the eucalyptus tree dancing in the rains at my hometown.

Watching the rains from the windows- bliss

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