Yep. It's raining in Mumbai!

This photo is for my cousin Anjali, who lives in Ohio now. She gets nostalgic about Mumbai sometimes, and makes intermittent attempts to come back.

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The floods are crazy these days, Anju. All it takes is a little rain for the flooding to begin.

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Do you remember when school closed because of floods? Did you go ever go walking from school to home in a flood? I did once, and the highlight was that I found a dead cockroach floating in the water under King's Circle bridge, and totally freaked.

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During yesterday's rains, I saw this woman walking - she had such a look of disgust on her face that it brought back those cockroach memories! As a matter of fact, I can still see the floating wings in my mind and that bloated brown body...aaaaaaaargh I'm freaking out again already!

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Anju's parents are on their way to India this month, after several months in the US. So this second photo is for them.

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Welcome back to Mumbai! The Rain Gods are waiting for you!