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Continuing on my discussion of Ek machar, I religiously close all windows of the house at 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening. The time when a nice, cool breeze tries to cool the house and our souls. 

Am I masochist? May be. Times have proven that I know how to self destroy-ish. No, but in this case, it is the belief that by 6, the mosquitoes enter the house in hordes and entertain us with our songs. And sucking our bloods in the mean time. 

It is a belief, so far I have not encountered the problem of these insects either inside the house or outside. May be as our city has progressed from garden city to cement city, sorry silicon city, the mosquitoes have lost their breeding grounds. 

But I dare not open the windows, no matter how suffocatingly hot the weather gets, how fan circulate the  hot air making the bad situation worse. Because ek machar admi ko ya aurat ko.....

The February was bad. And March is worse. Where are March showers? The cooling drizzles which make us sigh in relief, ignoring the muddy roads soiling our dresses? Kale megha, kale megha, pani to barasao!

In other news, this house has its perks and its drawbacks. I have been brought down to earth - to the level of other mortals. And the lack of altitude (ha!) makes the air heavy, hot. But the cool breezes in the early mornings are worth all the other inconveniences. Including the non-co-operation of garbage collectors. Including the tension regarding the schedule of Kaveri water.  

And I don't even have to worry about my rings - exercise, stand the move. By late evening I would have walked more than 6000 steps which was my average. 

Yet another positive point is I am so busy that I don't have time to binge watch or binge scroll. 

I kept on grumbling on these pages about how I have nothing to do. And bhagawan ne sun liya.

By the way, if you are not already doing it, watch White Lotus in Hotstar. Really interesting with good story lines, acting and suspense. And I love the intro music. ( I did not say I have completely stopped watching OTT.) 

Season 3 is set in White Lotus hotel in Thailand. And depicts the story of an investment banker and his family of 4, a employee of another branch of white lotus hotel, a small time TV actress and her two friends, a grumpy middle aged man with his girl friend.

The writers of serial have followed a same pattern used in other seasons.  In the first episode there is a murder. And the other episodes are all the days leading to this murder. You keep wondering, will this man be murdered, will this person murder his girl friend, will this lady be killed.