Name- Meghna Roy
College- Adamas University
Department- BA(hons) in Sociology
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“A Rainy Day in Winter”
Rain is a boon in summer, but is a bane in winter. I remember one particular day in December last. A rainy day in winter is usually unwelcomed.
As I got up early in the morning, I found the day unusually cold. I was shivering with cold. Thick clouds were thundering in the sky. In early hours of morning, a heavy downpour started. But I had to go to college as some important lessons were to be taught in the class on that particular day and examinations were also drawing close.
I had switched on the geyser. But to my great horror, I heard a loud thundering of clouds outside. As I peeped through the window, a forked flash of bright lightning greeted me. I dropped the idea of having a bath and asked my mother to prepare my breakfast.
Hardly had I finished my breakfast when I heard the loid patting of raindrops accompanied by hails outside. Willy-nilly, I had to give up the idea of going to the college.
My mother then prepared tea. The hot tea soothed my nerves and gave me some relief from the cold. Then she prepared hot fritters and French fries which were delicious.
Mother did not allow my sister either to go college. So, we played some indoor games like carom-board and cards at home. We also watched television.
In the afternoon also the rain continued. I had to go out to make some purchases of essential food products. I found everybody shivering. Roads were blocked. Traffic came to a standstill. The weather became very bad. The attendance in schools and colleges was very thin. Everybody was cursing God for bringing rain in such cold weather as the cold increased terribly and bone-chilling winds started blowing. The rain had, indeed, augmented the intensity of cold. It was difficult to walk on slippery roads and streets. Life had become most miserable for those whose houses had started leaking and those whose streets were flooded with rainwater. The wage-earners had lost their day as they could not go to work and had to go without any earnings for the day.
The clouds lifted in the evening. A rainy day in winter is dull and dreary. People are forced to keep indoors and idle away their time. People sit around the fire and have a chit chat. Still rain is a necessary evil since it kills germs that causes diseases in crops and is a boon for farmers in winter.