Me v. Nature

Posted on 22 Jun 2010 under Random, XLRI

About 20 minutes ago, it started raining. You may remember some of my previous posts about rain in Jamshedpur, but today I have been defied. It is pouring heavily, accompanied by violent explosions of thunder and continuous flashes of lightning. I love it.

Weather like this, particularly in summer, gets everyone (almost) in India high. Or at least, it does get me high. I cranked up the volume to hear the music (which plays almost continuously now that I have no room-mate to disturb with my taste in music!). But the rain became harder, the thunder more frequent. The wind picked up, banging doors shut, and the thunderclaps sounded like gunshots in the sky.

Obstinately, I turned up the volume even more. But I think God was in a competitive mood today. The rainfall became even denser, lightning flashing every few seconds. The thunder became adamant, a continuous rumble in the near distance, punctuated every so often by an explosive roar.

I gave up. I hit the pause button and started listening to the sounds of Nature’s gentle fury. Lesson learnt. Man is no match for nature or God. :)

14 Responses to “Me v. Nature”

  1. G, on June 22nd, 2010 at 7:06 pm Said:

    *jealous*
    its 45 degrees here.. sigh ..
    and I’m not even playing around with him this time :(

  2. Gurdit, on June 22nd, 2010 at 7:07 pm Said:

    Ouchies! :(

  3. sumit nangia, on June 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 am Said:

    Written awesome…
    i was feeling the rain beside me, but wish it was reality…
    send some rain to delhi side too… too hot here… lucky u :) :)

  4. Gurdit, on June 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 am Said:

    Thanks, I was trying to do a nice descriptive write. :)

  5. vkg, on June 23rd, 2010 at 7:12 am Said:

    Dude, can i take this up and write about it? I find the theme awesome.

  6. Gurdit, on June 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 am Said:

    Do you even need to ask me that question, doofus? Of course you can!

    (Just link back to this post to show where your inspiration came from :P )

  7. vkg, on June 23rd, 2010 at 3:12 pm Said:

    Doofus reminds me of Scary Movie.

  8. A, on June 25th, 2010 at 3:23 pm Said:

    I like Sumit’s monster :)

    It is raining crazy here. And I am cold. Huh.

  9. Gurdit, on June 25th, 2010 at 3:26 pm Said:

    Yours is cuter. :P

    * warm blankie *

    There. Better?

    (and yes, I spelt it as “blankie” and not “blanket”) :P

  10. A, on June 25th, 2010 at 5:01 pm Said:

    Yuck. You appall me, kid.

  11. Ruchika, on June 27th, 2010 at 11:48 pm Said:

    short n sweet… left a smile on my face :) :)

  12. Gurdit, on June 27th, 2010 at 11:57 pm Said:

    Thanks for reading and commenting. :)

  13. Ken, on January 31st, 2011 at 9:15 pm Said:

    It is a bit off topic comment, I just remember a rain about 5 years ago. I was in the army on duty, it was night and I have to spend 5 hours on the rain. I remember that I was soaked pretty badly and it was early Spring. Remember that my machine gun get rusty immediately. It was surprised that I didn’t catch a cold. What can I say, we can’t fight with the nature.

  14. Susan, on September 26th, 2011 at 3:16 am Said:

    I love heavy rain; watching from the warmth of my room. It cleanses the streets. It’s like a deafening “Shhhhh” to all, calming, soothing, slowing the world, if only for a short time to catch its breath before it dries and speeds up again.

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