Don't mind my saying so, i was confident the cyclone would lose it's punch as it traveled North and the furious part wouldn't touch our shores. From past records cyclones seldom reach Mumbai, for Geographical reasons. Not that this part of land is celestially protected or maybe it is! Now the West Coast of Indian Peninsula and Arabian Sea works differently from the East Coast in collaboration with Bay of Bengal (and Indian Ocean wrt SE Asia). Hence the wind fury, we face is not of a monstrous degree. Of course, the costline around Mumbai upwards has faced cyclones and furious one's but on rare occassions.
The Cyclone did affect many other parts of land. My prayer is with them.
The Cyclone did affect many other parts of land. My prayer is with them.
Mumbai, and it's infamous spirit had braced itself to face Nisarga with a smile and jokes. Corona has put fear in our hearts, but not in our spirit. Whatsapp messages were Funny and Stay safe at same time. The never say die attitude was unmistakable. I have seen this all my fifty years of life, the city is not just resilient despite being stressful, but it is ready with a smile. Even during the riots and bombing, the pain, the violence, the loss, tragedy and grief, when we turned our face up, we smiled through our tears to all the Gods. We smiled, we loved, we reached out to each other. Mumbai is most amazing in it's power to embrace without discrimination.
On nature's behalf, we are already dealing with Corona, Lockdown V and Summer Heat. Economically the breakdown. A city with sky high estate prices, this is very taxing on middle class people. Every monsoon, we Mumbaikars smile, tighten our belts, wear our best smiles and face the high tides. Never say die attitude rife. I feel mother nature and Nisarga, felt we deserve to be left alone, we have yet a lot of storms and challenges to face. Instead she came and gave us respite from the heat wave. Just enough to prep ourselves further for the uncertainity of times ahead.
Thank you Ma Nisarga. Thank you Mata Mumba Bai and Siddhi Vinayak.
And may the zones which suffered it's fury heal fast.
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