But it’s for us to search for the pleasures of summer, and to make the season a joy rather than a pain
May is usually the cruellest month in Delhi, as the mercury soars past the 40 degree Celsius mark, and a dry heat makes life seem unlivable. But thanks to an unprecedented heat wave (climate change, anyone?) we experienced peak Delhi summer in April itself this year. As I write this, I don’t know what fresh horrors May and June will bring—will we finally breach the 50 degree mark?—but I thought this was a good time to suggest some remedies to get through this scorcher of a summer.
Even the summer, with its scorching temperatures and dry loo that saps us of all our energy, brings some joys with it (Aparna Ram)