Every city in India can make tall claims about the kind of heavy downpour they experience. But any Mumbaikar will tell you that nowhere in the country does the rain completely take over public life like it does in Mumbai. From trains not running to traffic trouble, and big time water logging and a whole new monsoon wardrobe to wade through the rains, Mumbai is a different game altogether. Here are 10 GIFs that perfectly explain life in Mumbai during monsoons.
You wake up in the morning to this.
The street outside your bedroom window looks barely recognisable.
You somehow manage to wade out to the auto-rickshaw stand to get yourself to the station.
Trains aren’t running, so you decide to take a bus to work. Looks like everybody else had the same idea too.
Only a bus ride isn’t always safe. Look…!!
Travelling to work is like a river cruise.
Just when you wonder how you will manage the long walk from the bus-stop to the office, the rain stops and the sun shines down warm upon everybody.
You are almost at work and you are delighted because you haven’t gotten wet at all. Only you spoke too soon. Another downpour catches you unawares.
But there is a plus side to the monsoon. Yes, long drives in the rain.
And watching the rains at Chowpatty. Ah, bliss!
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