Cyclone Aila and UFOs

Finally, when it seemed that Calcutta existed only to make her citizens sweat, boil, and swelter, in came the rains, with all their rage, fury and dramatic recklessness to wreak havoc on the heat wave. And how!

25th May 2009 will be a day to be remembered for years to come. Not just because the JEE 2009 results were declared on that day, which saw me through with not so flying colours, but also because of a mass reversal of prayers from the troubled citizens of the City Of Joy. If people were praying to the Gods for rain, the Gods did indeed ensure that each and everybody got more than what he/she had bargained for!!! 

Enter Cyclone Aila, one of the coolest things to have possibly happened in Bengal ... literally, and essentially. She cooled everything ... starting from heightened tempers to the sultry heat and also super cooled the things which were actually cooling ... election fever, and the IPL craze. Cooled everything so much that she rendered everything passive, and motionless ... stagnant and crestfallen. Close to a couple of hundred old, well set trees were uprooted, and water logging (believed to have been an extinct phenomenon), ensured that everybody paid for their prayers.

What's more, Ms Aila also ensured that cable TV, braodband lines, and power transmission wires remained unoperational for a couple of days too. Citizens of Calcutta, had no option  but to   remain indoors, with all ties with the outside world severed ... in a rather nasty manner.

ONE interesting thing happened amidst all this drama. A couple of these gigantic UFOs flew in from no where into our house, making us all the more bewildered and confused. I do not actually know what they are, but they sure can be kept as show pieces in the drawing room. Here are the actual photos. You can see from their size (compare with the matchbox) that they are pretty big and ... weird. Click on it to get a feel of their size. Should be dried portions of some tree ...