MY MONSOON WISHLIST

Must-Haves:
1. Slush-cum-garbage protection attachment on shoes
2. My very own winged chariot from which I can look down with glee at traffic queues
3. The weather bureau turned into a museum, and bird calls used for predictions
4. REAL traffic cops out on streets, not everyone and his uncle pretending to be one
5. Cardamom tea stalls every 50 metres
6. A changing room at Marine Drive for those who love the rain washing over...
7. Telepathic communicator to beat clogged networks
8. Waterproof dryer for rain-soaked clothes
9. Aerial filter that cleans up rainwater for those who love to drink straight from the clouds
10. Leather that repels fungus


And some things I NEVER want changed:
1. Kids looking thoroughly bewildered in their oversized raincoats
2. Guys out on the streets, floating and frolicking with tyres, hanging on to the back of buses and trucks... Having a ball when it rains, what else
3. Chivalrous men reaching out to women on flooded tracks and carrying them to safety
4. People struggling with upturned umbrellas
5. The fashion statements: Girls in colourful salwar-kameezes and jeans rolled up to their knees, hair dripping wet...
6. Steaming corn-on-cobs
7. The mist over the few remaining hills
8. Puppies shaking off the water from their bodies
9. The smell of raw earth, the song of the rain and the ultimate rain dance
10. Marine Drive