June 2. “Did you catch the first shower of the season today?”

“I did as I was leaving for the club. That smell of rain on dry, parched soil, the overcast skies, that scurrying of feet running for cover, that sheet of grey in the distance, that smile on everyone’s faces announcing that the rains are here…made my day.”

“I heard Sadhu and Moti were sitting on the porch with a look of contentment on their faces!”

“I think they were talking about taking a shower after all those months of gruelling heat.”

“Sadhu was quite wet when we went to feed them. So was Patch. In fact, Patch was drenched!”

“It’s that time of the year when you will have to go looking for them when it pours.”

“At the same time they are very happy. They are the ones who take life as it comes…”