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Friday, 30 April 2010

Delhi Diary 3

Back again to the topic of temperatures soaring… It is a humane gesture to fill bowls of water and keep them out in the balconies or terraces so that the birds could drop by and cool themselves. At my house, both the pigeons and the squirrels who satisfy themselves.

The heat is catching on perversely. During this week, I witnessed two cars totally burnt out. I suppose these happen if you have a short circuit or an LPG cylinder installed. Be careful, guys.

Water is getting scarce in the capital. My maid is now on the lookout to buy a pump to pull out water since every household in her area possesses one and there is no way she can draw water from taps in her house normally. New schemes have to be thought out to prevent the water levels from going further down. Doomsday has to be kept at bay!

The rains finally came on 29 April and what a display! All hailstone and water and wind whipped together to present a cooling mocktail to the environs of Delhi.

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