Pune

The rainfall is noticeably more than my visit of two years ago. Our drive from Mumbai to Pune was slowed by numerous downpours, stopping motorcycles and softening the views. Our reward for driving through the rain was the sight of waterfalls. Once the climb from sea level began, every hill was striped with an array of waterfalls, all gushing with speed and volume. There were hundreds of them.

We made it to our apartment without any trouble and began unpacking. We made the mistake of going to the “mall” to buy a few staples. The mall was a frenzy of Sunday shoppers. Apparently it was “Happiness Day” and there was a sale. The woman on the store intercom announced that we should all expereicnce the Joy of Shopping! All I was experiencing was an overwhelming feeling of noise, heat and crowdedness, due to being so tired from the journey.

Now, settling in on the 10th floor we are away from the crowds but not from the constant honking of horns and squawking of birds. Time to get used to Pune again!


Nina Pileggi
Director, Sunset Yoga Center