Rain in Chennai city

It was a rainy evening yesterday (24-Sep-2008). It was a pleasant surprise after the unusual hot days for this time of the year. In my view, "rain" refreshes the mind. After few spells of rain, the trees are cleaner and show deeper, brighter green colors. The voices of birds also seem to have joyous notes. Though I live in Chennai - one of the crowded metro cities of India, I'm lucky enough to have a great view of mango trees and parrots of my neighbors plot. On a rainy evening, sitting in the balcony with a hot cup of tea and seeing the squirrels and screeching parrots on mango trees is something of deep feeling. That ecstasy can't be explained in words.