Nobody saw it coming, the day when nature in all it's fury poured down a tempest that would render hundreds dead, thousands injured and an entire city crippled and paralyzed. Very recently, Mumbai was struck with one of the worst floods in the history, and in these trying times the city crumbled under its own insufficiency. I had the misfortune of getting caught in a flood affected region of the city.I had just left college and boarded a bus home, with some friends. As the bus crawled along the roads the rain pelted down with full force and the water began to rise slowly around it. Not much later, the bus came to a complete halt and could not move any further. Fearing that we may not make it back at all if we stayed on the bus we promptly descended and decided to wade through the rising pool of water towards my friends aunt's house.As we trudged past drunkards passed out on abandoned car windshields and frantic people trying to find shelter, the panic in the air was contagious and v...
