To know India and her peoples, one has to know the monsoon. one has to know the monsoon. It is not enough to read about it in books, or see it on the cinema screen, or hear someone talk about it. It has to be a personal experience because nothing short of living through it can fully convey all it means to a people for whom it is not only the source of life, but also their most exciting impact with nature.

~ Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh India Monsoon Nature Rains

Dip your fingers n the spring stream or lift your face to the summer rains. Listen for me in the winter wind I'll come back for you.

~ Evangeline Denmark

Evangeline Denmark Come Back For Denmark Dip Evangeline Evangeline Denmark Fingers Lift Listen Rains Spring Stream Summer Wind Winter You Your Face

The gutters in the lane overflowed with an odd, languid grace. Water filled the lane; rose from ankle-deep to knee-deep. Insects swam in circles. Urchins splashed about haphazardly, while Saraswati returned from market with a shopping-bag in her hands; insects swam away to avoid this clumsy giant. Her wet footprints printing the floor of the house were as rich with possibility as the first footprint Crusoe found on his island.

~ Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri Crusoe Footprint Gutter Rains Water

Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.

~ Rajuda

Rajuda Monsoon Rain Rains