While most of the country is busy being graced by winter, what Mumbai gets is a few weeks when stepping outside won't get you scorched or soaked.
Comedian Rohan Joshi went on a bit of rant about Mumbai winters on Twitter earlier today:
Nothing is wet, it's slightly cool early in the mornings and also whenever one is in the shade. Congratulations Mumbai, "winter" is here.
He proposed that the city needs a new name for the season, since "winter" is definitely not an accurate description for it:
Bombay needs a new, unique name for the final season of the year because it isn't really winter. If winter is a dump, what we get is a fart
1. And, thus, the hashtag #AlternativeBombayWinterNames was born.
Winterlet, Winterish, Diet Garmi, Chhota Summer #AlternativeBombayWinterNames
2. It turns out that people have a lot of thoughts about Mumbai's questionable climate, because the suggestions came thick and fast:
@mojorojo "the week of wearing your Zara-sale-wala full sleeve t-shirt" #alternativebombaywinternames
3.
@mojorojo Chootiya banaya, bada maza aaya. #alternativebombaywinternames
4.
@mojorojo Loseter. Coz this sure ain't no win. #AlternativeBombayWintername
5.
@mojorojo i have a better one. budget thandi
6. Like, everyone had an opinion.
@mojorojo Winter is (not) Coming.
7.
@mojorojo Four seasons in bombay - Summer Grande, Summer Rainy, Summer October, Summer Jr.
8.
@mojorojo Green tea of winters.
9.
@mojorojo Sasural Summer Ka
10.
@mojorojo Santa ka Sauna #AlternativeBombayWinterNames
11.
@mojorojo Les Paséna
12.
Zindagi Jhand, fir bhi zero Thand! @mojorojo #AlternativeBombayWinterNames
13. While everyone agreed that "winter" is a misnomer, a consensus on an alternate term is yet to be reached.
@mojorojo Bombay seasons: Summer Monsoon Wet/2nd Summer Not Summer Harvest Time Summer and so on
Until then, season's greetings to you, residents of Mumbai. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
