Its the end of summer. Atleast calendar wise. But those were the old days when life was simpler and blackberry was actually a fruit -exotic for those of us who live in India... when we could say ah! 1st of June and here comes the rain. Not any more me hearties - we must now rely on our keen sense of smell, our intuition, our appeasing of the rain Gods and ofcourse the met department.
The met department are the smart ones. Accurate in a way even the most die hard rain watcher predicter cannot be. Everytime they say sunny with a chance of rain - be sure to wear your gum boots and whip out the ol' brolly cos its gonna be rainy with a chance of sun. If they say cloudy and no rain - fear not my intrepid puneites - its gonna be sun all the way with a scattering of clouds - makes for a pretty picture. This way if you ask them to explain they have got it kinda right - some clouds ..some rain...some sun. Its all there!! Kinda.
But the question is - who asked them? Why do they feel like they have to say something to the papers? Just keep mum and let the drops fall where they might. Must you predict? Just leave us to our guessing and we will be fine. We will navigate the unreliable weather as well as we navigate the changing landscape of Pune..
So guys - what do you think? Hazard a guess for the real onset of the monsoons. 5th June is what I say - and met be damned.
