Blazing heat, thought that was the desert's forte. But it looks like cities are getting a doze of it.

Yesterday was at home in Madurai and saw first hand the effects of the the sun. Leaves decked around a coconut sitting smugly on a metal pot had drooped and looked so zapped, reminiscent of a diabetic person, low on sugar. Mind you these leaves usually stay smiling for a week atleast, and this was just three days.

Then went around testing several parts of the house to see if the leaves were over reacting. Metal pieces as usual were hot but here are the surprises

1) Bedsheets placed on the bed for changing were like straight out of the coal iron box pressing.

2) Ropes to tackle the Venetian blind not just greased my hands but slighlty shot a burning streak across my palm

3) The bathroom tiles were warm as a toast

5) My soap case, tooth brush and towel too were warm and the soap didn't look too good

4) I changed two shirts and like gulped down 6- 750 ml- bottles of water and still woke up in the night for one more.