I first heard of this book from a friend who said one of the sessions in 2018 Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Mukaam (every year in Ooty Narayana Gurukulam) was on this book. Along with a few of my friends, I traveled to the Kanniyakumari district in 2019, when the southwest monsoon was in full flow. We thoroughly enjoyed and immersed ourselves in the deluge in those few days. I started this book in the memory of my monsoon travel. Like before, this small write-up is an appreciation of the book. I love the sentences when it sounds lyrical and poetic. As the writer chases the monsoon, the rhythmic prose comes alive just like the monsoon rains. One such vivid monsoon remark - The wind drops, it gets very dark, there is terrific thunder and lightning and then – the deluge! Suddenly the air is very cool and perfumed with flowers. It is a time of rejoicing. And renewal. Let me share more of such lines I love at the end, just for my revisits. A visit to a neurologist sowed the idea for this t...