Monsoon madness

At last, at last! The rains have reached the pretty parched soil (and soul) of Lucknow. It has been raining incesstantly since the past 4 hours and I hope this goes on for a long time. The ACs are off, the windows are on and there's everything good, green and glossy in this world.

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