In India, the Summer Solstice is already on the way to its end. It is already 6:30 PM as I type this post. Particularly in Mumbai, summer is already preparing for its exit as monsoon knocked on our doors about a week ago. Since then, the weather has been an awkward competition between the blazing sun and menacing dark clouds. Today was no different.
To be honest, I was not looking forward to the longest day of the year as I had nothing planned for the day. But I imagine, the rest of the world must be happy that this day fell on a Saturday; and they would not have to spend the precious extra hours of the light slaving away in their workplace. I did not do anything special. I woke up quite late and lazed around the house until my stomach reminded me to cook some food. After having a simple brunch, I spent some time catching up with friends after which I penned a poem for my previous blog post. Post that, I watched some TV and now here I am, writing about my uneventful day. I plan to do a Fargo marathon after I finish with this post. That would be good use of the extra hours we have been gifted today.
I hope the other people of Mumbai were able to make better use of the extra hours of light today. Many offices remain open on Saturdays here but I hope they were able to get off work early and spend more time with themselves and the ones they love. Living in one of the busiest cities of the world, we often forget about the finer things in life. These days, our topmost priority is not getting the impending monsoon hamper our routines. The city is all about survival and racing against the clock. Many would have been relieved in discovering that the clock is going to move slower.
The sun has not set yet, although its not really bright outside either. I can see dark clouds gathering outside my window but I am not sure how the events are going to unfold. We are more than ready to say goodbye to the cruel Indian summer and I sincerely hope that it rains. That would be a good way to end a Summer Solstice.
Written in response to Daily Prompt – Set for Solstice
agonyandecstacy 
Thank you for inviting me to your part of the world. I have very fond memories of India and hope you don’t mind if I will follow you around 🙂
Hello 🙂 I would not mind it at all! Hope you visit India again sometime. Thanks for reading and following 🙂
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There isn’t much of a summer solstice happening here in Yorkshire (England) either- dark and cloudy.
Enjoy the rest of your day, or whatever is left of it 😃
Thanks for reading. Yes, I watched about two episodes of Fargo and was then distracted by dinner and football. Hope you had a nice day 🙂
Thank you i did. The day was pretty much dominated by football but other than that it was un eventful 🙂
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