Immediately, I collected my bag and umbrella and called my husband. I didn't know what was happening. My colleague advised me not to sit in the ladies' coach on the train (in Mumbai we have a separate coach for ladies). He said, You'd better go in the general coach, because if something happens you will have the support of other people there.
For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan's north and central regions, particularly in its Punjab province, submerging villages, drowning farmland, displacing millions and killing hundreds. This year, India Pakistan's archrival and a nuclear-armed neighbour is also reeling. Its northern states, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Indian Punjab, have seen widespread flooding as heavy monsoon rains swell rivers on both sides of the border.