When I think of rains, images conjure in my mind about soaked soil, lush greenery , flowers with water droplets, floating paper boats, wet roads, mysterious birds that appear in the monsoon, ginger tea, kanda bhajiya and so on. When monsoon rolls around, don’t you feel like humming songs - ‘lagi aaj sawan ki phir wo jhadi hai, wahi aag seene mein phir jal padi hai…' or 'bhigi bhigi raton mein , meethi meethi bato mein aisa lagta hai tum banke badal…' closing your eyes, with arms wide open, embracing each drop of the rain?

To me there is no other season  more romantic than the monsoon. It makes me sentimental, yearning and wistful because the onset of monsoon coincides with the reopening of schools and brings to mind the smell of the new books (fresh from the press) which evokes nostalgic memories of childhood days when trivial things like catching a glimpse of the rainbow and the colour of the rubber rain wear made us extremely excited.

Even today monsoon is the same, but  now, I find pleasure in long drives up a hill, sights of  water streams flowing down a hill, and stopping by tapris for ek chuski chai (A sip of ginger tea). When it’s raining cats and dogs out there, I love to grab my coffee, a good book and curl up and chill.. Monsoon has already hit my part of the world and I have decided to brush up on some of my favourite monsoon recipes.

 As we evolve, what was exciting for us at one stage or phase, of our life may not be so in the next. When you let go of an old hobby and try something new, you step into a whole new world . Therefore, I decided to take up various hobbies like doing up my house, DIY creative items, painting, gardening, blogging, and finally photography, as I didn't want my hobbies to lose their zing…

I am sure many of you would have gone through a similar phase but didn't understand or considered it idiosyncrasies . I would be delighted if you shared your experiences , especially about the monsoon