Mac under the Mango tree

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste. I trust everyone is doing well.. In India, we were at peak summer... Temperature was increasing day by day.. Everyone started talking about climate change these days... Good to see the awareness. :) But - what did we see in reality? We were seeing terrific number of advertisements and offers for AC, Fridge and Air Coolers.  We were seeing huge number of advertisements for Ice creams and dairy products We were seeing huge discounts for loans (consumer electronics), micro-finance etc. Yes, these are repeating year over year...   Everyone is reporting growth on top of these, which is forcing the industry and everyone's pay check. But, did that beat summer?. Did that decrease temperature? Did that help global warming? If not, what are are doing differently? 1. Why not plant some trees during summer ? This is the toughest one, and maintaining/protecting trees are not easy at all during summer. This is for next gener

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste. I trust everyone is doing well..  Life in USA is getting busier and busier, which is good. Recently I had an opportunity to visit Australia. This was my first visit to Australia. In this blog, I am going to share my experience as a fist time visitor to this country.     First of all – It is really one of the biggest countries in terms of land. It is definitely bigger than India (double size... :) Would you believe ??) ….   India is: 3.2 million sq.km and Australia is: 7.7 million sq.km .     Australia has three time zones: Western Australia, Central and Eastern Australia. India has only one time zone.    I landed in Western side of Australia, which is Perth. An amazing city, quiet city and well planned one.   I remembered the famous cricket ground “Perth”, though I could not get time to visit that. It is called “city of lights”, because it was one of the first cities in the world to be illuminated by electric l