Moaning in the Monsoon

The famous 'Mumbai Monsoon' is here. But it's not yet raining in full swing! Though the met department and the people in general are worried about the poor rainfall and the papers keep warning us about watercuts, I am one Mumbai housewife who is in fact happy about the low rainfall. I am indeed ready to adjust to watercuts and consume water with more care than walking in the slush and rain water that swirls with paan. Often, you can see people walking ahead of you on the streets, spitting into in the rainwater and then,you are forced to walk through it. If I were the mayor of Mumbai, the first thing I would do, would be to ban paan and gutka chewing in Mumbai. Everytime I walk past a parked vehicle or if a vehicle passes me by, I am doubly careful about any head that pokes out of the window for fear of my saree or dress being smeared with paan. In fact, I suggest that the Mumbai Municipal Corporation provide each citizen with a paan-proof jacket to be worn when they step outside. My daughters and I take care to appreciate any auto driver, whom we observe to be a non-spitter- and believe me,there have been only two of them in the past 3 years of our Mumbai life.

Considering all of this, don't you agree that we're much better off with less rains in Mumbai?