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My Moment of Truth

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It's been a month since I witnessed my Moment of Truth. We were headed to Bombay in the early morning (to avoid any congestion). It had been raining heavily for the past one week or so but we were blessed - not a single raindrop until we left the outskirts of Pune. Albeit, we experienced heavy downpour as South-West Monsoons had made an onset on the Western Ghats. & If you have been to Lonavala or even seen it in movies, you must be knowing that the intensity of rain is extreme, as you start approaching the windward side of Ghats.   Reports of Maharashtra Monsoon fury which lead to 300 + deaths had made my Paapa apprehensive about our trip by car. Being away from us (Posted in J&K), when he got to know that we were thinking of driving to Bombay, instead of travelling by train, he attempted many times to persuade us to not travel by car as we worried about the harsh weather.   7:08 a.m, July 30, 2021, Lonavala - we met with an accident. Long story short - if you would h...