Clouds as Messengers of Love: The Legacy of Meghaduta in our Times

Do you often gaze at the sky and wonder about the distance a cloud can traverse? What if a cloud could take a message from you and bring it to your loved ones? In our fast times of digital connectivity this sounds like nothing, but a romantic musing from the past.

The great Sanskrit scholar, dramatist and poet Kalidasa immortalized the cloud as a messenger in his classic love poem "Meghaduta". It narrated the story of a Yaksha who is separated from his beloved and enlists the help of a cloud to send a message to her in Alakapuri, their home in the Himalayas. He persuades the cloud by describing the mountains, rivers, and forests of northern India.

In 2022 we would like to request you to marvel at the beauty of the skies before, during and after the monsoon! Feel free to send us images of clouds, rainy days, rainbows, sun and the moon as well as any other weather events from your home towns. We would ensure the best photos get published on our social media handles. We wish you all the very best for 2022!