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Mumbai rains! Enough has been said on this blog about it, but allow me this one little indulgence.
We picked up Raindrops by Vaishali Shroff, pictures by Ruchi Mhasane published by Tulika Books, on a trip to Kitab Khana.
What caught my eye, when I was browsing, was the wonderful watercolor illustrations of a rainy day in Mumbai, as seen from a window.
Colorful umbrellas, people huddled in bus stops, cars splashing water, an auto and even a BEST bus. How could I not buy this for my daughter? Even though it reflected my childhood, more than hers, I wanted her to have something to remember her rainy month at my parent's home, looking out of the window, like Anju does in the book.
Anju sees the scene outside on a rainy day, she also notices a little puppy under a big blue umbrella. Just then her mother comes and closes the window, as the wind sends some rain inside; " You will fall sick", she says. Oh! how many times my mother has probably said this to me when I was a kid. And how it always spoils the fun of whatever it is each child was observing outside. Anju now wonders what happened to the puppy.
As she waits at the window, raindrops start to make shapes on the window and then she finally sees, the puppy's mother and sibling all huddled inside the umbrella!
A piece of Mumbai's monsoon for you and your child to keep and share!
