assalam-o-aleykum wa rehmatullahi wa barakatuh الســـلام عليكم و
رحمة الله و بركاته it was a monsoon Friday! Do you know what
monsoons are?These are torrential rains that come in July.In the
Indo-Pak subcontinent, life depends very much on the timely
arrival of these rains. In the mountains and the valleys and the
vast plains of this sub-continent where more than a billion
people strive to keep body and soul together, two seasons bring
a great shortage of water. In winter, the rivers have very
little flow, the mountains keep the snow, and the springs dry
up. Occasional rainfall and then the spring rains keep life from
being extinguished altogether. Immediately after spring, comes
the dry season. The land, the wells, the springs, the rivers,
the dams, and the lakes do not only lose water, they are so
parched you would think they have not seen water for centuries.
All over the land, people look to the skies, and pray for the
rains to arrive in time. The monsoons come from the Arabian Sea,
crossing South India,