Heaviest monsoon showers ever brought a megapolis to a standstill. Dilip somehow finds a ‘grey thrill’ in all the chaos. If you cannot get through to your relatives in Mumbai, Puneet warns us that some mobile networks might be down. Amit Varma has a nice personal account of waiting out the rains. Rajesh shares his experience with the downpour too.
Uma has the roundup from the mainstream media. The folks at CSF have been doing some armchair reporting on the Mumbai rains. Trayser has some pictures.
Yogustus, on the other hand wonders if stormwater management techniques would help in Mumbai to lessen this annual disruption of life. Saket wants a piece of the Mumbai Monsoon action while sitting faraway in Delhi.
Mumbai is slowly limping back to normal or is it? Offices turned into movie theaters? Anumita writes about how a heavy downpour can literally make your office a second home. Primary Red mourns the oilmen lost at Bombay High by citing T S Eliot. Reuben puts the Mumbai rainfall into perspective by comparing it to approximate levels of snowfall.
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Ramana
Jul 28th, 2005 at 6:39 am | #
Can only wish that the clouds part very soon for these guys. Mumbai, as I’ve seen has some of the most resilient folks in the world. Hats off to you guys for braving it all and still be able to blog and let the world know that you are ok!!