Flash Post 290!

Button, what’s common about the above images?

They are animal images.

Right. And?

What else?

I asked you the question! What is common about the 3 photographs?

Tell me.

They are all trying to combat the heat by drinking water or eating a cooling fruit like melon…

Or taking shelter from the sun under the shade of trees.

Correct. The weather bureau has pegged temperatures to go up to anywhere between 40-45 degrees celcius this year! They say the temperature tomorrow will go up to over 38 degrees celcius!

And this is only the middle of April!

Ab tera kya hoga Kalia?

Isn’t that a Hindi film dialogue?

Which one?

Don’t know. Sholay maybe?

Correct.

12 Comments

urvashi sharma April 23, 2018 at 9:02 am

It has never been this hot in years! What heat! Do you even step out and walk the streets or use public transport author? Doesn’t sound to me like you’re someone who needs to. You sound very privileged.Try travelling in a bus or a train and you’ll know what heat is..it’s insane.

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:27 am
  
  My dear Urvashi,
  
  God’s been kind and its true I live a privileged live. I don’t need to travel in buses or trains but I can imagine what those, who use public conveyance, must be going through.
  
  The heat is a killer this year and May hasn’t arrived yet!
  
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lalita gupte April 23, 2018 at 9:05 am

I don’t think you need to travel in public transport to experience the heat. I live in Delhi and I am a home maker. Have you ever tried spending time cooking up 3 full meals for your family in the kitchen? That is called insane heat!

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:23 am
  
  Dear Lalita,
  
  Even though I live in Mumbai, I know exactly what you are talking about. After cooking up a 3-course meal, I emerge from the kitchen like a wrung-out piece of blotting paper. The heat is a killer and I die every time I enter the kitchen.
  
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kajal oza April 23, 2018 at 9:13 am

I think you both are right. I have experienced both and both take the life out of you. Our house has a garden which I personally water but only from November to February. The rest of the year, it is taken care of by the gardener.

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:18 am
  
  My dear Kajal,
  
  Just for curiosity’s sake, why don’t you water your garden from March till October? Is it because of the heat and because you don’t want to get sunburnt?
  
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bittu anand April 23, 2018 at 9:20 am

Hahahahahahaha…look at the chimp! What an epic picture!!!!

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:10 am
  
  My dear Bittu,
  
  Isn’t he cute? He looks so human biting on that watermelon!
  
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lloyd mendonsa April 23, 2018 at 10:38 am

Imagine the farmers in the fields? Imagine the fruit and vegetable vendors on the streets? Imagine the construction workers? The rickshaw pullers, the auto drivers, the sweepers? These guys feel the maximum heat. Not us!

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:08 am
  
  Dear Lloyd,
  
  You’re right in a way but they also have to work for a livelihood. All of us aren’t privileged to sit in front of a laptop in the comfort of an air-conditioned workplace!
  
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bhavna khatri April 23, 2018 at 10:40 am

I’m sorry but I don’t agree with any of you. In this sweltering heat, it’s our animals on the streets that suffer the most! Stray dogs, cats, cows, horses, buffaloes, and even birds! We should tell everyone we know to put our water in bowls anywhere they can else these poor little things will die of dehydration.

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- author April 30, 2018 at 11:02 am
  
  My dear Bhavna,
  
  You are obviously an animal lover. Yes, as our planet gets hotter and hotter, we humans are capable of findings options to somehow deal with the heat but the other inhabitants like animals and birds suffer immensely. Even the green cover they took shelter under from the harsh sun have been hacked down by us.
  
  One of the things we can do is put out water in bowls or any container so they can drink out of it and quench their thirst.
  
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