The Iyer's Corner

It’s raining here heavily, and the river has started slightly overflowing to the nearby fields... Another 2-3 feet rise in the water level, river may reach the gates of the housing colony... That’s what had happened last year, (remember Mumbai 26/7..?), water reached almost the flooring level of the ground floor of the housing colony; I was operating from Mumbai those days. I was advised not to venture out to Mahad during those days... Heard that in the parking lot in one of the block, the Cars were tied with heavy ropes, so that they don’t get carried away by the floods..!! Water falls in almost all the hills around (Sahyadhari Hills) is a common sight during these days. Few times I had been to Shivtargarh ( a place where Samarth Guru Ramadass and the great Maratha King Shivaji used to meet in those days..) hundreds of water falls can be seen, all through the way. One can hear the continuous hissing of the unseen falls among the dense growth of the green trees and the shrubs, all alo