A PAGE OUT OF "TEJAS' PERSONAL DIARY"
"Even as I type this, I can see lightning flash across the gloomy sky and the thunder grumbling as if the very entrails of the clouds were moaning with pain....Rains lashed out today afternoon as I walked, make that struggled, back from the school.I had only two companions - my dilapidated Umbrella and a classmate.Neither was protection enough from the pouring rain.
"I exclaimed how we used to enjoy when school was closed, or we we were given half-day or even when the UT was postponed- ALL BECAUSE OF RAINS.And then, I thought..let us test the power of prayer.And I said, casually, God Let it Rain All Day Today, Tomorrow.....so that we get school off!
"Boy, was I in shock.I reached home drenched from head to toe.Wet books were last of my concern.I slept in a room which was darker than the darkest night I have know.It seemed as if Grey Clouds looming above had switched off a light in the world.Everything was dark....and the rain continued.
"Evening, I could see no possible prospects of going out for a walk.I resigned to completing my homework.Thunder seemed to be teasing me through my 11th floor window.And then, I heard the news..
"400 mm of rain - the heaviest recorded this season.RED ALERT announced for 48 hours.Schools and colleges to remain closed.Mumbai, the city of seven islands, had turned into an Isthmus...a floating waterbody.Hordes of people were stranded at their schools, colleges, workplaces, offices.Traffic Jams were the sight everywhere.
"And then, I received the message being passed on - NO SCHOOL.I was ebullient.But I was also pondering over the state of the thousands of people who were not being able to contact their dear ones and tell them where they where.No mobiles (networks were disrupted), crowding, panic....ALL BECAUSE OF RAINS.""
So, tomorrow you, who are reading this in the comforts of your warm room, and I, typing this from the warmth of my room, will enjoy our day off from school.Houses may rejoice....ONE more day for putting up the HOuse Board.Class XII Maths test postponed.Prefectorial Interviews delayed.Reasons for happiness abound....
While others labour their way through this torrential downpour, wade across knee-level water just to get to a shelter.
In the end, When it rains, it doesn't matter whether or not you have an umbrella....You just have to beleive in the Power of Prayer.................
Tejas
"I exclaimed how we used to enjoy when school was closed, or we we were given half-day or even when the UT was postponed- ALL BECAUSE OF RAINS.And then, I thought..let us test the power of prayer.And I said, casually, God Let it Rain All Day Today, Tomorrow.....so that we get school off!
"Boy, was I in shock.I reached home drenched from head to toe.Wet books were last of my concern.I slept in a room which was darker than the darkest night I have know.It seemed as if Grey Clouds looming above had switched off a light in the world.Everything was dark....and the rain continued.
"Evening, I could see no possible prospects of going out for a walk.I resigned to completing my homework.Thunder seemed to be teasing me through my 11th floor window.And then, I heard the news..
"400 mm of rain - the heaviest recorded this season.RED ALERT announced for 48 hours.Schools and colleges to remain closed.Mumbai, the city of seven islands, had turned into an Isthmus...a floating waterbody.Hordes of people were stranded at their schools, colleges, workplaces, offices.Traffic Jams were the sight everywhere.
"And then, I received the message being passed on - NO SCHOOL.I was ebullient.But I was also pondering over the state of the thousands of people who were not being able to contact their dear ones and tell them where they where.No mobiles (networks were disrupted), crowding, panic....ALL BECAUSE OF RAINS.""
So, tomorrow you, who are reading this in the comforts of your warm room, and I, typing this from the warmth of my room, will enjoy our day off from school.Houses may rejoice....ONE more day for putting up the HOuse Board.Class XII Maths test postponed.Prefectorial Interviews delayed.Reasons for happiness abound....
While others labour their way through this torrential downpour, wade across knee-level water just to get to a shelter.
In the end, When it rains, it doesn't matter whether or not you have an umbrella....You just have to beleive in the Power of Prayer.................
Tejas
posted by Tejas at
8:40 AM
4 Comments:
after reading that,dont u wish u could rite like that.i almost thought it was a poem(and that is a compliment).i am truly impressed.
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Anonymous, at 9:39 AM, July 26, 2005
man!! tejas! u always seem to come up with amazing finishing lines!!...anyways...YAY!!! NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!
i wish this goes on for a while...;-)
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Anonymous, at 9:53 AM, July 26, 2005
lovely article...but since i luv rain i donno wut 2 say coz u seem against it...but i agree 2 most f it..keep up the GOOD work!!!
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Anonymous, at 9:58 AM, July 26, 2005
A good aritcle man!As an aluminus of NPS oops.....NCS (the spoilt brat that it is no doubt for chaps like us), I sure do know that v dont like even the sight of books...leave alone studies.So when v get an unexpected holiday that too 'coz of rain, the feeling is beyond comprehension.So man keep up the good work and best of luck for u guys future....
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Anonymous, at 5:58 AM, July 27, 2005
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