Welcome Chill
After last week’s sudden showers that flew in the face of the met office’s predictions, a soothing chill has steadily descended on Kolkata and its neighbourhood. The mercury has dipped, and though it hasn’t really sent Kolkatans running to bring out their woolens, it’s a welcome change from the sweat-soaked days that we dread. And the pleasant weather has kindled fond memories of the winter season—the soft glow of the sun to bask under, the plethora of cultural and other events that dot the winter calendar, the cold nights and mornings that lure us to linger in bed, the tasty winter treats and, most of all, the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations that bring out the best of and in this city. But lest we go overboard daydreaming about the oh-so-cool winters, the weather office has put in adampener—it now says that the pleasant weather conditions may be a "temporary phenomenon" and that the mercury may rise by mid-November before dipping again. Let’s hope this ‘prediction’ by the met office also falls flat on its face. And may the temperatures go only one way—down.