Squall

Delhi has been experiencing one of the usual summer items, namely Squalls, over the past few days.
Now, squalls come of many kinds, but here's the general outline.
There's a really really hot day and afternoon, the mercury must go above 40 degrees. As the afternoon progresses, all of a sudden, a quick wind starts beating up. In a matter of minutes, the sky goes dark, as clouds and haze magically appear from nowhere. From this point, a squall can go anywhere. Ususally what happens is that a hell of a lot of dust starts getting blown around at insane speeds. The sky turns brown with it, and unsuspecting Delhiites rush to board up their windows and doors. The temprature cools down a lot, for a short period of time. Going out is insanity, as it would involve getting a kiloton of dirt shoved into your face, eyes, and if you happen to be wearing those low-riding butt showing jeans, your ass as well.

The second kind of squall is what we've had over the last couple of days. Occasionally, there's enough moisture in the air for rainclouds to form. Then what happens is, the wind blows them into shape. The wind keeps at it, and all of a sudden, without prior warning, it begins to rain.

Now the rain is brilliant. Its a god-holy shower, not a light drizzle, and it only lasts for a maximum of an hour, so you have to get out immediately for all the raindancing that one should indulge in. Also, there is the whole squall breeze blowing, which sprays the rain around a good bit.

And they say Delhi has terrible summers. What rot. You just have to know how to enjoy them.