total eclipse of the sun

There is a solar eclipse today in India. Or rather there was. I remember there being a solar eclipse in the states when I was in elementary school; only I don't think that one was a total one.
So - did I see anything? Alas no. In true monsoon season fashion there was a huge cloud hanging over Delhi this morning. I did see a snippet of the sun for about 10 seconds which was pretty cool, it was partially covered at that point as it was near the end.
It was kind of oddly dark and it felt slightly ominous while it was going on. I mean, it was the morning so it was kind of dark anyway, but it felt off, as in if you had no clue there was an eclipse going on you might think that there was something wrong (like in an 'end of the world' type movie when they sky gets dark and everyone looks up). It did, however, make for a rather pleasant morning walk as it was a bit cooler.
Indians are pretty superstitious about eclipses. I mean I find them pretty superstitious in general (they made my boss change the direction of his desk because apparently it was bad luck for him to face the door - yet I still face the door, hmmm, are they saying something to me?), but when it comes to eclipses they are extra superstitious. Like if you are pregnant you aren't supposed to go outside. A girl in my office said her mother wouldn't allow her to shower 'til after the eclipse was over. And I did notice this morning on my walk that the normal early risers who are usually out before 7 didn't come out 'til I was going in after 7:30 so maybe they waited 'til it was 100% over too.
I suppose it kind of make sense; like I said, if you didn't know that there was an eclipse going on you would have thought that something was wrong in the sky; so I can imagine that way back when, or not even that way back when, before news was well spread, that people would see an eclipse as a dire event and those superstitions just stayed around.
So, even though I've had the song "total eclipse of the heart" in my head all morning and even though I didn't really see anything it is still pretty cool to have been here for the event.