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One Rainy Night

One Rainy Night

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It happened on the 29th of August. a rainy night. In the morning I was in deep sleep when suddenly my wife comes into the room and printed a kiss on my face. wished me a "happy anniversary. I just forgot it. I saw an excitement puzzle on my wife's face. Then I repeated the process and again wished her also.


Since midnight occurred heavy rains fall. I got bathed. I was late already. I had to catch 9.30 Thane and my wife reminded me something missing. I fumbled my purse but everything OK. I forgot to give her a return gift as a kiss on lips. I hurried to catch the train. The road was encircled with dirt and water. When I reached to station, it was fully jammed with people waiting for the train. It was already running late.


For two days rains had been poured. It rains cats and dogs; brought city its knee, People left home for work, not left hope for return home”

Helping hand becomes God gift from people, volunteers, and social workers get into work to help people who stuck into gutter dwelling, and low-lying areas. News of rains news flashed on TV channel. People waded their way to knee-deep and waist-high water.


Rains water encircled into a low-lying  slum area. Had drilled holes in their wall to allow water to flow out; Drained water-free home.

Chowki, shops, roads, streets, subway, Sublime residential areas, restaurants, industrial areas all choked up by water. To drill it flow out water, BMC installed a water soaking machine or sucking machine in every gutter, nallas. Pumps deployed everywhere seen encircle by red Signal marks. Traffic depart stopped all function in the city. Orders traffic police to divert crowds and transport systems. The transport line stuck jammed. Street and stranded people rehabilitate.


My boss was watching the live feed and news on TV he ordered half day leave office staff. Rain took a strong force. He gushed forcefully everywhere. Trains run late scheduled time. My first wedding anniversary was happening that day.


On my way home, I stood on the rush hour and stuck in the platform. Platform was crowded with the hordes of commuters . Even no space to move in and out. Everyone hurried to reach home. Also, I requested to god help me to reach home. But fruitless trying was a waste of time.I would have spent on the platform whole night if my friend had not come to rescue me to bring his home. The train was stuck on the platform. I would have grabbed a taxi and paid any extra amount to reach home. Because I did not want to miss our first marriage anniversary day celebration moment.


Due to heavy rainfall, and my anniversary marriage date falls on the same date. My wife called me. Received her Call. Her voice was breaking in between. And suddenly call cut. The network went unavailable.

Wife made preparation for me, first marriage night. She decorated the bed with careful and fine design memory. She wanted to feel same as a first marriage night. Foreplay run whole night. To get feeling of first night, she untangle me, we  hug each other, kissed each other, touch each other, lost in old memories.


In between my old close friend meet me at the crowded platform. He asked me over to his home tonight. We decided to spend the night at their house near station areas. I sent a message to my wife. I said sorry could not come home tonight due to heavy rain made railway line stop. She wailed .understood but day will pass by, but night will be very hard to pass by…..she spoke a word on phone….she spun in her mind.


She reminded “to get touch with me”

Once again she wished me “happy wedding anniversary”

Her voice grew serious and took sobbing mood as a mobile battery signaled a low charging arrow. She melted into the old memory.


The cracking sound of heavy rain made irritating her. Couple  reunited in heaven. She was a lonely house. Lighting sound made her fear. Drops of rain dripping through walls and roofs. Drops of water oozed over her body. rainwater leaked through concrete roofs.


Rain Water seeped through Wall. Raindrops oozed over her body, made a tingle sensation of resembling her husband's touch, Forced air feel of husband hand, She could not sleep lonely since marriage. She could not sleep without her husband .mobile saved for accompanying loneliness. She could share her feeling over it. She could not talk to me. For a few minutes, she felt safe fear-free. But how to pass by night and how to move without a husband, She could not pass by night. She tried hard to sleep, but she failed. Tried hard to close d to eyes too but fruitless try. Her memories enabled her to pass out.


My wife did not imagine my drinks. Meanwhile, my friend brought an alcohol bottle and some complimentary snacks. He celebrated our marriage ceremony by drinking wine and made refilling of glass. I drank drops upon drops, cheered upon a life of long life,clicked glass whole night. I got intoxicated. Wine enter into my head. I lose my control, it got over my nerve and feeling dizzy.it made feeling of my close wife, as alcohol penetrate body I feel my wife near. when sipped drops upon drops, the touch of glass sound of wife closeness. Rains forcefully dashed way everything, even my and her precious moment. Rains overlapped night. I could not sleep without wife since marriage. But I could not do anything but wait for rains stop till morning train run on time...I narrated to.friend. …


I drank like a fish and said:

“My wife very sensitive and a heart of glass.”

Our marriage first anniversary today, I must accompany her, I must be with the wife ...but how unlucky am I ! .!!Nature holds up our meeting.


‘I must in her union, in her hug in her embrace,

“But destiny has written differently in both head.”

“Lighting and rains reunited today”

But our unification being separated.


‘So, at such moment celebrate your anniversary,

“How can it be possible ?.. I said, “Rains derailed life”

“Make this moment enjoyable, friend said, Use it as a weapon, not weakness”.


“It's not easy myself... friend ..not easy”

(.wine got hold over his nervous system.)

‘My wife is waiting for me, I must go, anyhow.

She would make preparation for wedding anniversary.

How can you reach home in such a condition? The railway line and bus all transport services stuck in the road. No trains run on track, buses taxi not to be seen on the road running.


“Relax, My friend have enjoyed your precious time tonight with wine, drink it in, drink it in!

Celebrate the moments of your life,

Raise the glass to your bless anniversary


He made another peg for me. I drank once again. My wife called me on the phone, and I soothed her mind by receiving a call. She told me that she wore green Saree, she looked more beautiful and attractive, She wanted me to near her, to prim her, to  touch her Saree, feel in such get-up she dressed up in traditional wear.  

she wore up ankle ringlet. I heard and sensed the sound of clicking her bangle over the phone. Already I got through the same sound.

 I remember first night when she first time wore ankle and I heard the sound of it like melody .clicking and foreplay night with my wife joking and chatting, and I remember and lost into old members...I said to her “ I wish, maybe with you now”


My friend made another peg for me. Alcohol got hold over my nerves and brain. I got into the intoxicating mood.

If I may be today with my wife, how did night pass beautifully?...you don't know ..you can't imagine..my friend ..because is unmarried.you don't know what is a celestial love is!

“Purity is the love of marriage.

Real love is not in the heart but spend in loneliness...my friend”..... I said.


“Real love is getting experienced in separation”…..I said.

“The best thing one can do in such condition is when It's raining to let it rain. Let the rain kiss you Let the rains beat upon your head with silver liquid drops” friend said philosophical thought.

“Life is short, a couple of jokes”..and nothing less my friend nothing more .have enjoyed this moment more cheerful!!!


“Life is full of beauty, notice it, notice the humble bee, the small child, the smiling faces smell the rain, feel the wind live your life to the fullest potential, add light for your dreams”…..friend said to me.


For a few minutes, I deeply in thought. said to my in jerking mood.

‘Meeting made in heaven, our heaven precious meeting,   our bond made the  in heaven, going to meet a second time “

“You don't know how I do far love my wife”

I spend my night with this second wife of wine “

“What is different between wife and wine?”


Wife and wine start from some alphabet word. ‘ W’ and ends. With the same ‘how similarity happens between two words each other word...it's miracle or coincidence we call it, one give company in the danger time and lonely seclusion time. One soothes life every day. Wife doses love and wine peg dregs of drought: into lust of world of dukha, trushna sadness unhappiness .wife help us in time of legal friend who diverts us from fall into the love of wine..force is abstaining from it..why drinker like wine in case of loneliness.

One help to forget and one helps to remember things”.........I said.


Neighbour door being closed. The dark hovered over. Her heartbeats palpitated. Fear took over the face. Her voice as conversation tripped a long time, mobile battery getting run out. She behaved like a child. She feared of the dashing air force, jerking window pane, she scared of insects, she tried to ward off scared insects in rambling all around rooms. Awhile light went off. Power cut off. Dark hovered over the room. Lighting struck. Cloud floating, rain dashing over roofs. Lights flashes, dashed all over the door. She was a lonely creature in the room.


Her contact with me, trailed away, disconnected. The mobile battery runs out. She fumbled and forward in dark to find candle near the window side. In the dim flash of lighting, she found it. She struck a match, and a burnt candle. Flames of candle moved here and there due to wind force. The flickering of candle flames made her comfort. She made her way toward her marriage album photo. She fingers her hand. Flapped page one by one and lost into old member ed, her heart brought old memory of marriage. She dreamed,.rolled and reeled before the eye ; her eyes grew dark circle hovering over,....flickering image dancing before her eyes unable to sleep her. Jerking and hissing movement of air. The breaking sound of lighting added to nuisance to her.


Rainwater leaked through the roof. Dripping continued. Made a sound of drip-drip…..!!!.enabled her sleep into night lonely. Dripping through the house wall. She put up utensils on the dripping point..it created horror sound that it scared her. tinkling sounds unable to sleep. Then she put aside utensils and remains dripping continued instead.


It was difficult to pass the whole night by lonely. The crawling insect made her life (miserable) than any other incident. She did not use it before. The short term visitor crawling at night room when the light went off. The whole room looked like a dungeon. They made their way through door scuttling side to prey upon insects.


In between suddenly, candle put on the window side blown off with a gushing force. She fumbled in search of a matchbox. It found out of stock only remaining two sticks. Matchbox sticks run out in her fruitless two tries. The room became dark house and residue of insect home. Suddenly she falls off over the floor unconscious mood. She got fits and a dizzy feel. In flip moment went into dreamed; in deep sleep, she dreamed of her husband, and she clutched in her fist. She gripped hard. She placed her whole body over it. clutched to the chest. twisted and squeezed it. In the struggle movement, she got a bite. But she did not unlatch it. Caught hard unroll the last sigh in her life.


The following morning when neighbor came to rescue her from unlocking the door, she was found lying over floor unconscious; and beside album and What seen unbelievable in her hand clutched to the chest.’ A snake hood’ strangled to death.


They admitted her nearby hospital. She diagnosed the snake bite mark.. She went through the unconscious for a month. She took a month to recover from that scary August night.


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