There were two brief showers, but the sun did diligent Monday duty. Komen, weakening into a depression, pulled a fast one with pleasant weather in Ranchi. As learned weathermen ate their words on Monday, here's how you coped, gaped, enjoyed and yes, even got angry that the weather god didn't live up to mortal predictions

UPSET

•"My son's Montessori is shut and managing office with him at home is difficult. I can't tell my office that my child is at home and I need leave. Schools take good care of children even if it rains. Also, we shouldn't become too protective. Kids need to grow with sun, rain, heat, cold and dust"

Niharika Singh, bank employee and mother of a toddler studying in Crayons Montessori, Kanke Road

GLAD

•"I think it is lovely that kids are at home and it is not raining. Though it is a weekday and children have lost a school day, such surprises are good. My son slept for long hours"

Anumeha, HR manager with a BPO & mother of a first grader in St Xavier's School, Doranda

•"Dumka is floating. I was told Ranchi was also flooded on Sunday. But, it's so pleasant"

Bitiya Murmu, NGO worker from Dumka, now in Ranchi to attend a meeting on lac cultivation

RELIEVED

•"We worked hard the whole of Sunday, monitoring developments in all districts. Ranchi was a top concern. Had rains continued, low-lying areas would have flooded, needing relief work. In that context, Monday was an easy day for us"

State disaster management department official

•"Thank god for this rain-break. Twice on Sunday, I failed to get cash from the ATM due to sudden power snarls in heavy rain, but nonetheless received debit SMSes. But, after I formally registered my complaint on Monday, money got debited back"

Sunil Kumar, college student who visited HDFC bank

THANKFUL

•"God listened to me and it didn't rain. My elderly father is suffering from diarrhoea and on Sunday, the neighbourhood doctor recommended his admission to RIMS. I was worried how we would manage if it went on raining"

Wachan Singh , resident of Kanke block, who came to RIMS with his ailing father on Monday morning

•"We were in two minds as we couldn't decide whether to go to Pahari Mandir for the first Shravan Somavari (Monday). But thank god, the weather improved a lot and we could visit the temple in the morning. As schools were closed, our kids also came along"

Kalyani Mishra , resident of Uddhav Babu Lane, Ranchi

 

Compiled by Chhandosree, A.S.R.P. Mukesh & Amit Gupta