Bangladesh has 6 seasons. The season we are currently in (lasting between June and August) is called Barsa or Rainy Season.
The rain here is not a drizzle, sprinkle, nor shower. The best description I can think of is torrential downpour, although monsoon certainly evokes the proper image. It is a driving, hard and unforgiving rain, leaving a wake of destruction and death in its path every year. But, it is also the lifeblood of this country on which agriculture and the ecosystem absolutely depend. Bangladesh is merely a stop on its journey from the Himalayan Mountains to the Bay of Bengal.
Yet all of this poetic contradiction is a small consolation given that my bathroom ceiling is currently leaking and can't be fixed until the rain stops.
There are rains like that on the east coast but far more sparse. I think a good word for them is sheets. You go outside, and are soaked immediately. And also it's hot. East coast, this is accompanied by creepy thunder.
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