Mawsynram is considered to be the wettest place on Earth. In the year 1984, it had registered the heaviest rainfall mankind had ever seen. But few know the back-story behind it The wettest place on earth has a past. Mawsynram village was completely washed down by a whopping 26000 millimetres of rainfall that shook the very foundation of the place where it stood. Landslides ensued, and streams were formed. All of it went straight into the Umngi river that used to run parallel to the village.
It was one of those rare instinctive moments when you don’t stop to think about repercussions. You just do it, eyes closed, irrespective of what it might do to you, or how lethal it could turn out to be.
It was his brother after all. And you place family before your very own life. That’s the golden rule of living.
So Arth jumped into that bog that seemed to be taking Harry away from him. He could see his hand, that’s all he could see. And he jumped screaming his name.
“Harry! Harry! Hang on!” Drawn by the noise and scuffle, his other friends ran towards him. On reaching there they found Arth in a puddle of mire struggling with something. Without wasting any time, one of them tugged at him by entering into that mire while the other one held his hand. The second one did the same. The third friend followed the suit. They formed a human chain as Arth tugged hard at Harry. “What happened?” One of them asked. “It’s Harry! It’s Harry my brother! I saw him go down!” replied Arth Others tugged hard as Arth refused to let go. At one point the victim began to budge and come out as all of them fell to the ground with Arth holding on to something in his hand. “Where’s Harry?”Arth saw he was holding onto a stick.“What? Where did he go?”His friends tried to find Harry but there was no sign of him. “Are you sure?”
“Dude! I was holding onto him. How did his hand turn into a stick?” “You moron! How can a hand turn into a stick?”