You know it is monsoon in Mumbai when you see thick streams of water running down the streets, as your car wrestles past innumerable potholes and the trains are delayed agonisingly long. You also know it is monsoon when the deluge claims victims.

A minor boy and a Khar resident drowned in the Gadheshwar river at New Panvel, over the weekend. They had gone for a two-day picnic at a local resort with their families.