Night Rains

If anything can silence Kathmandu, I have realized, it is the night rain. Especially obstinate are our dogs but rain at night seems to do the trick. Monsoon rain is a solace anyways. Its musical torrential downpour incites a sense as if it is hard at work to cleanse the filth of our city. Indeed, air is fresh, sight clear, when the rain stops and sky clears, at least for sometime. Whimsical monsoon rains tickle our hopes of clean Kathmandu better than our metropolitan city managers.