This year's summer has been extremely hot! The worst prolonged hot days, ever! Nonetheless, life goes on. We all adapt and carry on.
Often I've thought and in the house spoken about the poor people who work, out in the open. Being inside the building and barely stepping outside, we feel cooked. What about those poor people slogging it out, eking their living out in the open, under the direct sun. However, there too, life goes on. We grin and bear (and burn!).
The following quote from one poor lady in Madhya Pradesh, (as reported by the BBC website) about the Indian summer sums up the reality of Indian life, especially that of the poor:
Poor people don't have the luxury of worrying about the heat.
Most of us Indians, have greater adaptation and endurance capacity than other world citizens. We adapt. More out of necessity than choice.
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