So what is in a name?
Why Monsoon Rains, for instance?
Well.. no particular reason other than that I have always loved the monsoon. Used to linger just a bit longer in front of the windows before my mother had to yell. (for the third time): Shut the window, everything will get wet!!.
The school closures because of torrential rains, were a true bonus!
And it did pour. In sheets. Blocking visibility to two feet. By which I mean you get an impressionist's version of the world even for that paltry two feet. I remember walking back home in the rain with only an aluminium school box for an "umbrella" (oops forgot the real deal at home!). Really, don't we need another word to describe that downpour? Perhaps that will be another blog.
So, the next interesting name du jour: Agnija.
Derived from the Sanskrit word, Agni, for fire and "ja" -- the suffix that denotes "the daughter of
Well.. time to close now for the day.
4 comments:
nice...but what about before the rains...man vaasanai???? no mention...very dissappointed:) (how do you emote icon, crying???!!!???)
Mann Vaasanai is after the rains. Also known as soundhi in Hindi. But I was still enjoying the rains so did not get to MV !!
no...I mean the smell of impending rain...perhaps it is because it has rained somewhere else and that smell is carried just ahead of the rains....puriyarado??!!??
BTW, since named "monsoon rains" does it also mean you will write only twice a year? or worse still completely skip a few???!!!!????
well.. if I have to be a true Tamil, then I probably have to skip a few years!! :)
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