Raga Miya Ki Malhar.

One of the most ravishing Malhar ragas. Malhar means "giver of rain" and all ragas that contain the word Malhar in their names are rain ragas. Not just any rain; it has to be the onset of the Indian monsoon. If you haven't endured four months of relentlessly rising mercury, searing heat, dry dust storms during the day and suffocating airless nights, you don't know what it feels like when suddenly one day, black clouds gather in the horizon, the thunder rumbles and temperatures drop like lead as a cool wind swirls in dried leaves and twigs ahead of the first monsoon storm. The fragrance that rises as the first raindrops touch the scorched earth is indescribable, peacocks start to dance. And that is when the Malhar ragas are sung. Miyan-Ki-Malhar can depict the joy and relief of the first rains, but on a dramatically contrasting note, it can also depict restless longing in separation and unnamed fears. Ornamentations are used to great effect in this raga to suggest the wind blowing, the thunder rumbling and lightning cracking.