Early summer. Early morning. The first thing I listen to is the chirping of birds. There are only a handful of species near our house, but still the chirping is soothing as a wake-up call. Predominantly it's the red-vented bulbul or the coppersmith barbet but there are some other yet unidentified (by me)birds. Sometimes, I go out with my binoculars to spot the birds but I do not take my field guide along saying to myself that the birds in my locality will be easily identified by me. That's not the case. Next time I go, I will take the field guide for, the smaller birds are not easy to identify once they are spotted after much staring at trees trying to spot movements of branches or leaves!
Anyway, birds are just one part of these early summer-early mornings. The coolness is a beautiful aspect. It's so cool in comparison with the coolness during the day. Well, coolness during the day is non-existent you would say. But there are some moments of coolness if you are in a place like the Mathematics Department in Fergusson College. Anyway, if we create a scale from 0-10 and say coolness during the remaining part of the day is 0.5 then coolness during the early mornings is 10. Obviously, such a silly marking scheme deserves well, nothing. Okay, so it is cool during early summer-early mornings, whereas it is cold during winter-early mornings and even during monsoon-early mornings.
People. People come out to take a walk. But at least near our house, people are more serious and less talkative and seem less happy during early summer-early mornings. People in general, seem to have less energy during summer. And people are slightly grumpy because they do not feel like eating a lot. This may not be true always but according to me, fewer people would eat a Maharashtrian Thali or a Chicken Biryani for lunch/dinner during summer than they would during winter or monsoons. People like to drink during summer. I think people are happier during morning walks only when there is a juice stall around. Think about it! Do you remember people talking more when they see a juice stall? So, a cool drink may have an important role in affecting happiness of people who go out for morning walks. If they do not find a juice stall while walking(they may or may not buy juice!), upon coming home, such people are likely to come home slightly grumpy and then shout at the first person they see in the hall for sitting without switching the fan on!
Anyway, this early morning is coming to an end. One should also try to study during early summer-early mornings for, this never happens in winter. This early morning is now coming to an end, like all good things. The day will be hot and we will swear at it. But the night will be cooler. Somewhat.
Anyway, birds are just one part of these early summer-early mornings. The coolness is a beautiful aspect. It's so cool in comparison with the coolness during the day. Well, coolness during the day is non-existent you would say. But there are some moments of coolness if you are in a place like the Mathematics Department in Fergusson College. Anyway, if we create a scale from 0-10 and say coolness during the remaining part of the day is 0.5 then coolness during the early mornings is 10. Obviously, such a silly marking scheme deserves well, nothing. Okay, so it is cool during early summer-early mornings, whereas it is cold during winter-early mornings and even during monsoon-early mornings.
People. People come out to take a walk. But at least near our house, people are more serious and less talkative and seem less happy during early summer-early mornings. People in general, seem to have less energy during summer. And people are slightly grumpy because they do not feel like eating a lot. This may not be true always but according to me, fewer people would eat a Maharashtrian Thali or a Chicken Biryani for lunch/dinner during summer than they would during winter or monsoons. People like to drink during summer. I think people are happier during morning walks only when there is a juice stall around. Think about it! Do you remember people talking more when they see a juice stall? So, a cool drink may have an important role in affecting happiness of people who go out for morning walks. If they do not find a juice stall while walking(they may or may not buy juice!), upon coming home, such people are likely to come home slightly grumpy and then shout at the first person they see in the hall for sitting without switching the fan on!
Anyway, this early morning is coming to an end. One should also try to study during early summer-early mornings for, this never happens in winter. This early morning is now coming to an end, like all good things. The day will be hot and we will swear at it. But the night will be cooler. Somewhat.
