Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage through India Audiobook (Free)

This is the inspiring story of how one man realized his imagine witnessing firsthand probably the most dramatic of meteorological events: the Indian monsoon.

Alexander Frater spent the first six many years of his life on a South Pacific island, where his dad, the only doctor within a thousand square kilometers, encouraged his fascination and respect for the volatile play of the elements. Frater brings this history to his observations over the monsoon, pursuing it from its burst over the seashores of Trivandrum through Delhi and Calcutta, across Bangladesh, to its finale in the city of Cherrapunji, the “wettest put on earth.” With extraordinary sensitivity and wit, Frater uses truth, impression, and anecdote to vividly explain his own experience of the monsoon while also illustrating the towering impact of nature on the lives of Indians.