Day VIII in Bhubaneswar - India trip 2017

During the mid 1990s there was this huge rumor of someone inventing a machine which could convert water to petroleum. It came all over the news at that time and most bought it.

Similarly this summer with 40 degree heat with humidity can do similar stuff. The human body can convert water intake into pure, unadulterated mustard oil in the form of pee in a few hours. It can be very well be named Morarjee Brand Mustard Oil, named after Morarjee Desai, the ex Prime Minister of India who had this fetish of drinking urine. Jokes apart - Drinking plenty of water is a must to stay hydrated during this weather.

Afternoon saw some respite from the stifling heat in the form of cool breeze wafting from a distance. I smelled a thunderstorm nearby. It turned out to be true, as soon I got the news of a bout of KALABAISAKHI (summer time thunderstorms) pounding few miles away in the North side of the city. Our side of the city got the same couple of days before. It was mother nature's turn to do an equable act on the city.

As we eat a lot of hot, spicy food flashes of cold water is more ass soothing and cleanse feeling than using toilet paper. The softest of toilet papers can handle Subways Sandwitches, as a Mug of Cold water would manage Chicken Tikka Masala better.

An NRI in India once went shopping for Toilet paper. The store was out of it. Said the furious NRI, "What kinda store you have, you don't carry a necessity item like Toilet Paper ?" "Sorry Sir", The store keeper responded. "We don't have toilet paper but we have plenty of sand papers. TIKE ADJUST KARANTU or THODA ADJUCT KIJIYE, (Please adjust a bit)."

I am a strict believer in the adage - Be Roman while in Rome and not looking around for toilet papers. At least in this aspect we Indias are so environment friendly. If Westerners are taught the use of LOTA (Mug) it will be no flash in the pan, saving millions of trees from getting chopped. More later....