Open Letter to the Rain-Gods

Dear Rain-God (s),

You may be amused at getting a letter from an infidel, kafir, non-believer in a superior being. You may think why this Voltaire-quoting, God-denying creature is getting in touch with you. The fact is that this kafir has no recourse but to try and get this message across to you since you are believed to control the weather.

First of all, let me thank you for blessing this hot, humid and dusty city with a healthy and above-average monsoon.  The lakes are over-flowing and the water supply is almost normal across the city. There is obviously less dust inside the house and my lilly plants are flowering generously. Average temperatures are around 25 degrees above zero. All this is attributable to you.

Having said all this, I request you to stop blessing this city with any further heavy rainfall. We want to walk on the streets without getting our clothes dirty. We want flights, buses and trains to run on time. We want the temperature to more or less stay the same though. So let's make a deal. Keep it cloudy till October-November and give us teasing drizzles so that the weather stays cool.  At the same time, tell the sun that it can have a monopoly over Bombay from December when cold winds from the Himalayas reach down here.

So please be a sport and give us nice weather. You'll make 20 million people happy.

Thanks

Ajay Kamalakaran