MOON on 30 JUNE 2023
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TEENY WEENY & WATER LILIES
TEENY WEENY & WATER LILIES LT COL NOEL ELLIS 29/VI/2023 As summer was fast approaching, we shifted fish from the main tank on the roof, to a makeshift one downstairs. A new tank could spell disaster for the fish. Sudden change of water, weather and other conditions affects them adversely. We prayed and hoped but were successful with very few losses. A heater was required in February-March. Later, an air pump was added for oxygenation. A solar fountain was installed in the main tank to make use of bright sunlight. A sponge filter was kept standby, just in case the water quality dropped. Plus, every ten to fifteen days, thirty percent water is changed. Old water, with its ‘fishy deposits’ gets siphoned off and fed to the plants. It has proved to be an excellent natural manure. Two black molly babies aka Teeny & Weeny had got left behind due to oversight in the main tank. The dilemma of leaving them there or to shift them down with the others kept bothering me. Our mai
TIME TO RETHINK
TIME TO RETHINK LT COL NOEL ELLIS 28/VI/2023 Summer vacations have just come to an end for some schools. There is a humdrum of activities in the colony. Besides ‘morning walkers’, ‘dog walkers’, there are ‘school children walkers’, whom I shall mention as we go along. The morning walkers are with their ‘Walkman’ plugged in via blue tooth to their ears. A blue light keeps blinking in their ears. God alone knows what they must be listening to. Most security guards too sit glued to their mobiles, least bothered who is passing by. A thief can come and watch what the guard is watching and walk away. Be that as it may. Then come the ‘school goers’. Earlier, school busses would come inside the colony. It used to be a ruckus of kinds. Loud honking and screeching of the brakes announcing their arrival. Blocking pathways was their favourite, as if they owned the roads, you better wait till all were aboard. Worst part was they kept their engines on. Pungent diesel fumes fill your lu
HUMAN RELATIONS
HUMAN RELATIONS LT COL NOEL ELLIS 25/VI/2023 We had just moved into our permanent home a year and a half back. The normal tying up of things for daily necessities becomes a little challenging initially. Doodhwala, Sabziwala, Dhobi, Kiryana etc are important ones to begin with, not forgetting the top most VVIP, the Bai, without whom our households come to a stand still. Those hiccups subsided and things fell into place. Within no time we found our way to manoeuvre around the town for our daily needs. Bai’s came and Bai’s went. New ones popped up. By now we know most of them, so ‘Badli’ (replacement) if the ‘main maid’ is absent, gets sorted out with a phone call. The only thing we were not able to manage was the Milkman. Most of the time the milk was too watery for our liking. “Pani milate ho”, we would ask. “Sawal hi nahi paida hota, ek dum shudh hai”. We knew and he knew the truth, so we migrated to dairy packets. Now, the timings wouldn’t sui
