A week before the day, monsoon was pulverising us with 260 cms of rain and up in the hill station of Munnar land slide took the whole colony and its people down into the valley. Traditionally, according to our local calendar, the month of "Karkidakkam" is a rainfall of woes and sorrows. The 8 days after 'Panchami' (name of one of the days in the month) the tidal swell won't let Arabian sea absorb any of the river water which means if the rain continues the rainwater is going to flood the low lying coastal land. The "Panchami" day fell on August 8th and we were all screwed up watching cautiously the progress of the rain. Luckily, three days after Panchami, the rain receded.
As we all know, monsoon worry is not much of a bother when compared to the rising rates of comparatively slow killing Corona pandemic social spread. The daily fresh infection rate is consistently over 1500 now in our small state in the week leading upto the Independence Day.
Naturally, the spirit and the morale was down on the Day and we watched the Day's proceeding on TV and listened to the Radio where they aired the Red Fort and local state proceedings.
The awful "Karkidakkam" with its 32 days bid farewell, yesterday and our favourite month of "Chingam" dawned today with its customary cheerful sunlight and hopefulness.
Wishing everyone the grace and prosperity of the month, let us try to overcome our pandemic worry, cheerfully.
The annual visit of Mother Nature's wonder of Rainfall is very different from the rare visit of a virus which has disrupted lives in God's Own Country. The fear of the virus is worse than the virus itself. Be knowledgeable and be prepared. Keralites are an educated, sophisticated lot and they will overcome this viral visitor too: together . Good Luck . Have a lovely month
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