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Rain, rain, come again....

We are the nation that loves rain. Sometimes we question our own need to enjoy the rainy days because in some parts of the world people hate rain, but we are those who think of rain as lucky. We grow up with the belief that praying on a rainy day takes our prayers straight to Allah and brings us luck. We have rainy day foods and love indulging in them. Rain to Pakistanis means pakora party and jalebis with ice cream. Rain to us is the day we play cricket outside. We are probably the only nation that doesn't believe in keeping umbrellas for rainy days because "Hey!" we love rain. The question still remains, why is it that we love rain? It is after all pretty inconvenient. The traffic gets worse than normal. The roads are full of water. Drainage has never been a big concern of our government so we cant even blame them. Alas we still love rain and it is a carried forward love that we encourage our children to enjoy as well. The difference in Pakistanis and their feelings