Monsoon

Three days after record-breaking rains brought Bombay to a halt, I’m finally beginning to hear about my friends’ and colleagues’ unbelieveable journeys. South Bombay, as I’ve mentioned before, got hit with 7 inches of rain on Tuesday, but, save for the lack of bustle, it looked pretty normal on Wednesday. On the other hand, the suburbs saw a lot of death and destruction.

Well, I’m still pretty high and dry here in Bombay. But now I see that the international papers have caught on to our little rain… 

Nine hours later and…it’s still raining! No flooding where I am, but most of the city is shut down. I guess this is the equivalent…