India, July 26 -- As Mumbai marks 20 years since the devastating 2005 floods this July 26, actor, theatre personality, and storyteller Shruti Vyas vividly recalls the natural disaster that etched memories in countless minds.

"I vividly remember I had gone to Andheri East to take a children's acting workshop at an NGO. It was more about theatre exercises and all. I reached there around eight in the morning, and by the time I wrapped it up, the weather gods had started to play as it started raining cats and dogs," Shruti recounts.

Shruti received her first call from her parents at 11am, urging her to hurry home. "As I used public transportation, it was difficult to find an auto back, though I had my raincoat. It was after one hour that I ...