{"id":8671,"date":"2013-07-15T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/monsoon-came-too-soon\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:49:47","slug":"monsoon-came-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/monsoon-came-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"MONSOON CAME TOO SOON"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div>\n<b><i>Manohar Luthra&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JAxoLJtmFg8\/UeQIfE5pAAI\/AAAAAAAAla4\/q8tpqhnioCc\/s1600\/Flood.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Flood.jpg\" width=\"289\" \/><\/a><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p>Dark clouds loom large on the Sky<br \/>Monsoon has come too soon, but why<br \/>To quench the thirst of Sun-baked earth<br \/>To save us from the wrath of burning Sun<br \/>But rain came heavy as a water gun<\/p>\n<div>\nGreen looks greener as if in rebirth <br \/>Trees bathe and wear new look<br \/>As rain fed nature we see in book<br \/>Leaves and twigs sway with gusty wind<\/div>\n<div>\nTo welcome Season&#8217;s changing trend<br \/>Birds flutter their wings with joy<br \/>Children play in the puddle and make it a toy<br \/>Parched fields get new lease of life<br \/>When water flows in the brooks<br \/>Young girls sing and swing in full mirth<br \/>A new life breaks on earth<br \/>Raindrops pour in bucketful measure<br \/>Turning the streets into gutter with<br \/>Overflowing muddy water<br \/>Traffic jams galore to our woes<br \/>Though rain brings relief from hot billows<\/p>\n<div>\nBut man is a fool<br \/>When it is hot he wants it cool<br \/>When it is cool he wants it hot<br \/>He always wants what it is not<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manohar Luthra&nbsp; Dark clouds loom large on the SkyMonsoon has come too soon, but whyTo quench the thirst of Sun-baked earthTo save us from the wrath of burning SunBut rain came heavy as a water gun Green looks greener as if in rebirth Trees bathe and wear new lookAs rain fed nature we see in bookLeaves and twigs sway with gusty wind To welcome Season&#8217;s changing trendBirds flutter their wings with joyChildren play in the puddle and make it a toyParched fields get new lease of lifeWhen water flows in the brooksYoung girls sing and swing in full mirthA new <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,1],"tags":[1879],"class_list":["post-8671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-update","tag-update","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37759,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions\/37759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}