Thunder cracked just as I began typing, and my first instinct was to run to the balcony to rescue the laundry. I had already done it. That small reflex told me everything. Somewhere between childhood picnics to Lonavala and adult grocery lists, the monsoon stopped being a season and became a task. This piece sits with that shift, the rain outside unchanged, the pressure inside entirely my own.
The Monsoon season has arrived with a bang… actually with a splash! If you have been following the news then you know that reports of flooding have come in from Rajasthan to Imphal. Once the romanticism of rains, the chai-pakora fetish wears off, we will gravitate to mundane issues like what to wear to office …
I had a few thoughts on how to beat the monsoon blues like a fashionista. I jotted them down and was quite happy with the result. So, I sent it as a contribution to a fashion site. Guess what? They published it! My ideas for beating the monsoon blues are – Bring out the colours in …