The wind.

The wind howled consistently. The wind chimes that had once hung peacefully by the edges on the doors and windows, occasionally being pushed around by gusts of wind, wailed loudly. The wooden shutter flipped across the window, depriving for mere seconds the window of its veil, creating a rattling sound as it came [...]

Drenched memories.

“It rained heavily, and periodically for a little over an hour.”
The downpour, following an intermediate sand storm, was one that happened roughly after a whole year, or something to that effect. It came as a surprise, as with many other aspects of mother nature, but was, nonetheless, a moment to be cherished by us Karachiites.
Coincidentally, [...]

Winter downpour, and I.

Minutes before midnight, I sit partly drenched in what appears to be the first absolutely chilling downpour of winters this year. Standing on the roof earlier, under a sky covered neatly in a thick albeit somewhat transparent robe, feeling the breeze lashing against every bit of exposed body, I could have sworn I was [...]

Sweet Serenity.

Sunday morning just drifted away into afternoon. We are having the most wonderful weather here in Karachi. It has been raining, on and off, since the wee hours of the morning, with cold winds making the bathing leaves dance in the air. Lovely.
Now, I only wish I had better eyes. I [...]

Of Cats and Love!

The window of my room opens into a small porch, which lies right next to a small, greenish garden, and one side of the boundary wall, with metal fences on top that are themselves adorned with vines and various other plants, courtesy my mom’s love for gardening. Today, as I stood behind my window and [...]

Rain galore!

It is as if the clouds above us are crying. It rained big time yesterday, where at one point everything went nearly dark. It rained day before yesterday too, now that I remember, and I, even, got drenched in it, sitting on the rooftop and savouring every drop of rain that managed to fall on [...]

Rain

It finally rained today. I wouldn’t call it a downpour, nor just a drizzle, or just a shower. It just rained. And it had to, for it hadn’t rained for a year. The weather had been absolutely pleasant throughout the week and the one before, with a consistent cover of grey, water-filled clouds above.
The wind [...]