Parallel

It feels cooler as I get out of bed this morning. From the side of the curtain, I see that it is a grey wet, drizzly morning, a rare occurence here, until now. It's actually very pleasant! I can change clothes and put on a jumper and long denim skirt that were too hot for here. In fact it's not that cool, still very mild, about 20 degrees, but everything is relative.

The monsoon is late this year. It should start in June, it's the 22nd today, more than 2/3 of the way through the month. We are all hoping that it will come. Water shortages are good for no-one. India is still very agricultural: 60% of its labourforce, 600 million people, according to wikipedia. People's livelihood and lives depend on the rains.

In Europe you hope for sun. In India, you hope for rain.