Mumbai's Monsoon Magic Jay & Priya

Even though there are potholes to grudge about, after a couple of showers and the city breathes heaven! The weather has changed; dark clouds have hid the sun and breeze flows like money from a rich man's hands. Mumbai looks most beautiful in the rains, with kids playing in puddles, boys playing football in the Wilson college courtyard and the beaches didn't look this clean through the year.

Mumbai also suffers much in rains; the slums drown, and as the rain pound the roofs, fear grips most reminding them the days of deluge. Of course, most people make a quick getaway to the nearest hill stations as traffic often comes to a stand still in this season. So what exactly is that you should enjoy in the rains in Mumbai, how do you make the best of this season?

According to Priya Wal "the first thing to do is to get out of your house and get drenched. There isn't another joy than feeling the rain on your face!" Now once you are wet, "go play football if you like, get dirty baby' advises Jay Bhanushali, and if can't play the sport, go take a dive in the pool or in shallow waters at the Juhu beach."

The rains make you cold and often hungry, the favourite season munchies are pakoras and chai or for the more westernised sipping a bowl of hot chicken soup! Where on the one hand Jay insists that "you must have a bhajya pau", Ali Merchant warns against "eating chaats and frankies on food stalls." Priya backs it up as "it's a season to fall sick, though I am crazy about Pani Puri; I avoid it in the monsoons. Water contaminates faster hence if you are eating out eat piping hot food!"