India, July 26 -- On July 26, 2005, Mumbai faced one of its worst natural calamities as the floods submerged the city under water and caused massive deluge. Harleen Sethi was a teenager at that time, and remembering that day as it clocks in 20 years, the actor tells us what she was doing then and how she made it through.

"I was about 16 and had my lectures at Mithibai college. It was pouring outside and suddenly, we were allowed to leave for home. Unaware of the flood situation, I chose to go to NM college canteen to eat their Idli-Sambar which I loved. As I was eating, the water level started rising. It reached the level of the table and I stood up on it to finish my food," she shares.

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