Summers are the best time for watching sunsets. Not bluffing or trying to bore you here with simple things but maybe you are underestimating the value a good sunset can generate in your life. A beautiful one right in front of you gives you a strange strength and vitality. Try seeing a few of them before the monsoon begins. I’ll suggest some spots.

Everyone’s complaining about the daytime heat. I am usually seen complaining all day long. But take a break from whatever you are doing right now and witness a sunset where-ever possible for you. We, for instance, decided to go for Worli sea-face. The Sundays there are crowded but we did get a seat and sat there while the masses varied in time, listening to podcasts together, talking and watching the night unfold. So there are some qualities I greatly appreciate which contributes towards making the perfect sunset:

1. The sheer length for various reasons. First, for the reason that we get to enjoy this sunset longer. Second, because only longer sunsets seem to have the ability to throw the variety of colors which creates these various moods morphing in time. It is like a massive art exhibition on the human psyche and color theory.

2. The number of colors it morphs into and by. The colors are what ultimately give sunsets their charm. The more the better. Here are the ones to look out for: violet, pink, purple, blue, orange, crimson, red and various combinations thereof.

Last evening’s sunset at Worli had all this. Gradual softening of colors into the eventual black of the night. Here we were sitting in the middle of one of these beauties, me not even noticing, listening together to Candice and Casey’s Couple’s Therapy (FTW BTW!) and my girlfriend suddenly goes, “Hey, this is one of those sunsets you have been talking about wanting to see for so long!”.

See you tomorrow,
Avi.