BANGALORE WEATHER

The last few days we have been having some lovely weather. The famed “Bangalore Weather”. Cloudy, pleasant and some nice showers. And imagine all this in March – which is supposed to be summer. Raises doubts about Global Warming, huh? Anyways, it happened so suddenly. In the middle of a warm day, the storm clouds gathered. That evening Sunil called me to show the lightning in the sky. This time God had decided to put up a silent show. There was no sound of thunder. Just strangely coordinated streaks of lighting from left to right and back again. That night it rained and it’s been pleasant ever since.

A little while ago, I was standing outside office and enjoying this lovely weather – just one of those things that I love about Bangalore. There are hundreds of other things that I love about this city. But I won’t get into it now. Will just stick to the April Showers in March for now…

It’s perfect weather for cuddling up in a blanket with a favourite book. Maybe some hot pakodas and masala chai. Or even better – corn-on-the-cob straight from the boiling vessel on a hand-pushed bandi, with a dash of lime and masala. Aaah!

I believe Bangalore’s lovely weather spoils you for any other city. Despite being born and growing up in a ‘hot’ city like Bellary (where temperatures can touch the high 40s in summer) and then spending 5 years in hotter Chennai, I now find it difficult to ‘take the heat’. Summers I find are best spent in Bangalore.