Rain Dance Party!

There is nothing more inspiring than the time I am on road in mumbai. Just so much is happening in that 5 km stretch from home to office. Early morning when I am making a virtual to-do list, I see a couple enjoying their 'dashboard breakfast'... yes! it is actually a more recent addition to the psychological study of the metros (i am not making this up!!!) where people rushing to work have their breakfast in the car while it sits on the car's dashboard :-)). Anyhow, as I would maneuver through that edible happening, I realise it has started raining. The Mumbai rains are indeed like the 'bin bulaye mehmaan' that land up anytime without even informing, in this case a bit of thundering or lightning! They just start tipper-tapping on the car's roof..! Through the comforts of air conditioned interiors and watching the outside through my well wipered glass I see a group of slum children taking off their Baniyans and dancing away in the joy of receiving the much awaited shower. Such a beautiful, simple pleasure of life! These kids were completely unaware of the bustle of cars going past or the 'pollution' on the road or in the water. All they cared for was to get their dance steps right; there made for such an endearing sight when they tied their colorful baniyans on their waist and starting following their 'master ji' who was a slightly older boy in the gang. The rains have such different consequences in our heads. Inside the car I am worried about the umbrella that i didn't carry, the potholes that may give way to dirty water splashed on me the moment I get out of the car, the entire effort of tip toing through the kicchhad! But for these kids, none of this mattered; all that was important was how heavy can this rain fall and the tune in their heads to which they all are care freely dancing to on the side of yet another pothole! Am sure at some point they would use the pothole also as a prop!
Really, jaded as it sounds, in the bid to get all comfy and 'successful' we have somewhere lost the taste of the time for the simple joys of life!