How do you Beat the Heat in India ???

bijapuri · Apr 9th, 2005, 09:42

Take advantage of "India Shining" . . . .
AC hotel
AC car
AC train
AC restaurant

U kids these days have it easy!

veronique · Apr 9th, 2005, 15:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHIMLA

This one's from my earlier days in India, when I was working for a Consumer Durables Company:

Our service department was receiving repeated complaints from a customer that his refrigerator was not giving the desired cooling. The technicians who attended the complaints found nothing technically wrong with the refrigerator. On the fifth complaint, the service manager himself went to the customer's house and inspected the appliance. He too found nothing wrong with it. However, he started questioning the household on the way the fridge was used - how much was it loaded with, how many times was its door opened, etc. etc. It was then that a little child in the household innocently remarked that the door of the refrigerator was open all night as his father slept before it on the floor !!! It was summer, you see !!

Talk of ways of beating the heat !!!

best tip so far...

ill surely try this one

phantom · Apr 9th, 2005, 18:00

There is another way, a bit unorthodox, of course.. but it works sometime..

If you have a air cooler turned on, and still feeling the heat.. turn it off for some time.. and then turn it on.. u will feel it working this time.. the same could be done with a fan

Sree · Apr 9th, 2005, 18:46

HI Bigzero !
I would like to add another item to your diet chart.
Aam porar sirbat

Bigzero · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:28

is it the same as aam panna?

soulfood · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimla

the door of the refrigerator was open all night as his father slept before it on the floor !!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by veronique

best tip so far...ill surely try this one

Don't take it seriously Vero...the fridge will likely produce more heat than cooling because the compressor will have to overwork. No wonder their fridge wasn't working properly.

rangss · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:44

My summer beat-the-heat habits:

4 cold showers a day
Plenty of water to drink
Watermelon, nimbu-paani once a while
Buttermilk with a dash of salt and a leaf of grapefruit
No spicy food, No greasy, oily or rich food, No lentils
Plenty of greens and veggies...rice and no rotis.
Curd+rice with a dash of lemon pickle...
TEA!!! This is the best thing to have in summer.
A crew-cut for head
Tee Shirts and shorts.
Lungis for bedtime.
No sex.

Bigzero · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:45

High, sloped ceilings, tiled roofs, wooden false ceilings, thick walls, clay-tiled floors - these were the stuff old buildings had, and even in the peak of summer, these buildings were quite comfortable to live in. the modern day concrete structures could be less expensive and more practical, but most of them are quite badly designed to keep the heat away.

Digital Drifter · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by john.sw

Then there is "Salt Lime Soda". It is soda water with loads of squeezed limes and some salt - it helps to replace the salts that you lose through perspitation, the vitimin C is good for you, and it is very refreshing!

Stick to this, you wont feel woozy at all, good one. One small tip, buy 2 sodas, wash the glass with 1 soda, use the other for the drink. It's amazing how rejuvenated you feel after a small sip of salt lime soda in the blazing 3'o clock heat. puts a spring in your step.

Bigzero · Apr 9th, 2005, 19:51

a little bit of sugar added could make it even better..

machadinha · Apr 9th, 2005, 22:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anders

A cold beer.

My thought, but beware a hangover @ 40C is no picnic. (Nor is walking around blotto with a zillion people asking you for your good country please. Forget about trance parties, Mumbai by day after a visit to the pub was all the psychedelics I needed.)

nb Follow the other tips for serious advice.

Anders · Apr 10th, 2005, 00:54

If it is hot and I wake up with a hangover I don't start walking around. I go and get me another cold beer

phobal · Apr 10th, 2005, 04:24

plenty and plenty of underarmour. that stuff is a godsend.

gs_uppal · Apr 10th, 2005, 17:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by john.sw

I wet a towel or sheet and lay it on top of me when I go to bed. As the water evaporates, it cools you down.

Wet Towels do give relief in the summers, but thats bad for back (may lead to back pains at older age) - if you do it once or twice its ok, but for localites doing that every sumemr is very harmful

Sree · Apr 11th, 2005, 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigzero

is it the same as aam panna?

It is a new item to me (& would like to taste it

) . It sounds like Bel(wood apple) panna. The difference may be that, the aam pora sirbat is made up of green mango & the panna may be of ripe one.

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rangss Bulk Carrier Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,840	My summer beat-the-heat habits: 4 cold showers a day Plenty of water to drink Watermelon, nimbu-paani once a while Buttermilk with a dash of salt and a leaf of grapefruit No spicy food, No greasy, oily or rich food, No lentils Plenty of greens and veggies...rice and no rotis. Curd+rice with a dash of lemon pickle... TEA!!! This is the best thing to have in summer. A crew-cut for head Tee Shirts and shorts. Lungis for bedtime. No sex. __________________ ...and I took the road less travelled.

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phantom Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Delhi Posts: 1,215	There is another way, a bit unorthodox, of course.. but it works sometime.. If you have a air cooler turned on, and still feeling the heat.. turn it off for some time.. and then turn it on.. u will feel it working this time.. the same could be done with a fan

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Sree Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 113	HI Bigzero ! I would like to add another item to your diet chart. Aam porar sirbat

Apr 9th, 2005, 19:45	#23
Bigzero back to my old ways Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,483	High, sloped ceilings, tiled roofs, wooden false ceilings, thick walls, clay-tiled floors - these were the stuff old buildings had, and even in the peak of summer, these buildings were quite comfortable to live in. the modern day concrete structures could be less expensive and more practical, but most of them are quite badly designed to keep the heat away.

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Bigzero back to my old ways Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,483	a little bit of sugar added could make it even better..

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Anders Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: England Posts: 630	If it is hot and I wake up with a hangover I don't start walking around. I go and get me another cold beer

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phobal IM hoser Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: canaduh Posts: 519	plenty and plenty of underarmour. that stuff is a godsend.

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