Water Phobia
The onset of winters make weather and overhead tank water a natural freezer. This is when India becomes a land of water savers. A season when water is treated either like the auspicious Gangajal or like the dangerous concentrated sulphuric acid. I have my own experience with a colleague. Those were our bachelor days and we were staying together to share bundles of joy, sorrows and many more on the list. James was his name. A real hardworking guy and gem of a person. James loved winters for many reasons. Through out the year he would curse Delhi but in winters he would say ' Delhi rocks man !' As the average temperature touched 20 degree Celsius he would ask me to join for his traditional winter shopping. A black inner and a jacket was all that he needed to smile in the winters. He never thought of buying two black inners. "Just one will do" , he would say when I used to insist him for buying another one. This one black inner vest would stick...