What does the expression, 'the dog days of summer' mean? I had read it sometime back in some book. I don't remember it now.
Secondly, there is a Kannadiga saying that after 'Shivaratri', the chill goes away chattering 'Shiva! Shiva!' And true to that saying, there is a sudden, marked shift in the season after Shivaratri. It seems that whatever little winter was there in these parts vanished overnight just as Shivaratri ended. It certainly has been that way this time. The large number of trees cut down in the last couple of years due to the Metro work hasn't exactly helped. From noon till sunset, the glare is so intense it sometimes hurts my eyes.
I'll try and console myself by looking up 'dog days of summer' and some more funda about that Kannada saying.
