When the rain turned black

A peek into what might lie in store for us if we continue exploiting the planet.

By Sowmya Srinivasan
Sowmya loves to tell stories. It is this love that has connected her with Soulveda where she hopes to add value through spirited and mindful narratives. Founder-member of Bangalore Storytelling Society, she uses storytelling and theatre techniques to develop creative thinking in children. She is deeply involved in collecting, curating and telling personal stories of reinvention. Her commitment to special education inspired her to study it formally and teach special children at one time. It is this empathy she brings into her writing as well. Sowmya is a doting mother of two.

07 October 2016

It was pouring from everywhere. Brown sheets streaked the windows and the ground with its dark hue. It swirled and eddied into the gutter. They watched it gush down the street till the black slurry disappeared into the purifying unit.

From the safe confines of their playroom, they wished for it to end now. “Why doesn’t it stop? We cannot go out for four hours after that,” moaned the youngest girl.

“You know what that can do to you? I saw a girl in school who disobeyed the rule and walked into a rain puddle just an hour afterwards. She had burn marks on both her feet,” piped the elder one.

“You know, back in 2015, the rain was very different. It was colourless and odourless. In fact, people used to go out and play in it,” remarked the middle and the wisest one.

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