If you had watched the movie Independence Day carefully, you'd notice that there is a song playing very often in the background which goes
"It's the end of the world ... as we know it ... know it ... and I feel fine ..."
Its sung by R.E.M
Anyways, seriously ... is it really the end of the world .. or am I just being paranoid ?
These have been the worst monsoons ever ... and I have been through the thick and thin of it ...
And the worst part is that it has not yet stopped and does not the least bit look like it ...
It's already almost mid September and the rains seem relentless ...
Mumbai has been flooded for ... I don't know how many times over ...
The infrastructure is pathetic as it is ... but the rains have just worsened it to new heights ...
There is an actual stretch of road here in Pune, which starts from Residency Club to the Don Bosco Bridge ( for those of you in Pune and know the place ) that is so, so, so, so, so bad ... that I swear to God, you would probably be better off taking a 5 km extra long path, just so you could avoid the 500 mts or so of that road ...
I mean, people actually come on bikes till the entrance of the road, look at it and turn back and go another way ...
I had the pleasure of getting stuck on it in my car ...
The only other time, I was so scared was when I was in a pretty big roller coaster sometime ago.
I dont have my camera with me right now, otherwise I would take pictures and post it.
Anyways, the weather has really turned lop sided this year ... and it has happened so suddenly ..
Last year, most of the things were normal .. but now, rain has become such a part of our lives that you wonder why it isn't raining at the moment ...
If I could bring your attention to a very recent movie ... "The Day After Tommorrow" which was completely about the shift in weather patterns and everything freezing over, it does not look so sci - fi now ... does it ?
Saturday, September 10, 2005
It's the end of the world ... and I feel fine ...
Posted by Saurabh at 11:43 PM
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