funscopic view of life

For Chennai, the description of seasons is - hot, hotter and hottest. The so called winter lasts all of 2 months. But to experience what one may call the chill of the winter, one may need to drive at a good speed on a two wheeler at 5 am with half sleeves or no sleeves and no helmet. It is almost like 'Summer" is speaking to us and saying, 'I am the lord of Chennai seasons. I permit an occasional rain but definitely no cold'. Add to it the humidity that does not let the sweat evaporate and you have the perfect conditions for wet and smelly bodies. Have you travelled in the local train or bus or even the air conditioned metro train in summer? More than the heat and humidity it is the smell of sweat that overpowers you. Imagine a 5-footer standing next to a 6-footer who lifts his hand to hold onto the overhead rail and wearing half sleeve or no sleeve top. There is now a direct route from the sudoriferous glands of the axilla (scientific name for sweat glands of armpit) ...

 IPL is back. For the next 2 months there is ample entertainment as long as one enjoys the game and is able to quickly mute the TV when the ads come on and unmute when the game is telecast. Watching the match from home has a lot of advantages. One can sit in the comfort of air conditioned environment; go to toilet any time without requesting people to give way; criticise any player or team without the worry of one's neighbour giving one a nasty look or worse till beat one up. But the most important advantage is that at any stage one can stop the play by the simple press of a button. One does not want to continue to watch when the home team is losing. In addition at crucial moments, it is easy to take an ostrich approach and not watch the match and return to the room after ensuring that the home team has indeed made it to home safely. During these times dinner is consumed in the living room by default- a luxury often denied by the disciplinarian spouse. However, not all is hunky dor...