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This is such a shallow piece on Indian summer. I gave up reading after the part about doctor's dilemma. Summer strokes have been common in India for a long time

This is such a shallow piece on Indian summer. I gave up reading after the part about doctor's dilemma. Summer strokes have been common in India for a long time. And the article doesn't even talk about the summer wind also known as Loo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loo_(wind) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loo_(wind) The dry summer wind is considered fatal by many and normally people have raw mango juice or Aam panna to ward it off. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aam_panna https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aam_panna I grew up in North India where my parents made me drink it after lunch every day during summers. Nowadays I find that many people are not aware of this traditional recipe and they instead opt for stuff like drips etc as mentioned in the article.

truncate 8y ago
India had hot summers, but the point this article is trying to make is that it is getting hotter, to an extent it may become unbearable. I hope you are not debating global warming and climate change. Mango juice or any traditional/non-traditional drink, however effective they may be today, isn't a solution to make those future unusually hot days bearable.
xbmcuser 8y ago
Have you been to India recently like last 2 years in the summer months. The temperatures have increased by a few degrees I am from Karachi Pakistan and I can tell you that temperatures have changed in Pakistan in last 2-3 years almost all high temperature records were broken. And we have more concrete cities now than earlier. For Karachi I am sure people will have to stop going out or working etc in the afternoon in the summer months just like desert cities like Dubai Abu Dhabi etc.
- thisisit 8y ago
  I currently live in India. So yes I know the temperatures out here. Given that many replies seem to be about how out of touch I am about the temperature and mango juice aspect let me clarify the post, once and for all: Yes,it is getting hotter year after year and there is enough proof for climate change. But, the article talks about an "Indian Summer" and then I don't see any mention of things like "Loo" and "Aam panna" which are generally associated with an Indian Summer I can't help but say it is not a good read or even properly researched. As you put it, we can change it to Pakistan or Bangladesh and have the same article. So, my issue is with the quality of the content. But maybe I didn't put it across well.
coldtea 8y ago
Well, raw mango juice will not stave off climate change though... (That said, shouldn't more or less the same hold for any country at the same latitudes?)
raz32dust 8y ago
You are correct that the article is shallow in content and more of fear mongering. But at the same time, it is true that the heat is getting worse with each passing year (in the last 4-5 years at least, you can check the temperature data), so it is very likely that heat related deaths and ailments are increasing. So the article is trying to highlight an important issue, although not in the best way, and in fact might even be harmful because a single wrong fact can ruin the credibility of the entire article.
xkcdefgh 8y ago
sorry but raw mango juice will not save the world and prevent mass migration to North in the next 200 years. I'm from India and always get annoyed by the populace's over reliance on traditional methods and "science"
- kamaal 8y ago
  >>I'm from India and always get annoyed by the populace's over reliance on traditional methods and "science" Well our Prime Minister said, its not the climate but its we who are changing. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/internet-cant-keep-calm-after-discovering-this-old-video-of-modi-denying-climate-change-1556675.html https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/internet-cant-keep-calm-aft... :) Why worry about all this science, when you can eat Kulfi and chill.
dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
Interesting. Do you know what exactly in Aaam panna prevents the loss of sodium and iron as the wiki says? Because mango itself isn't particularly rich in either of these.

truncate 8y ago

India had hot summers, but the point this article is trying to make is that it is getting hotter, to an extent it may become unbearable. I hope you are not debating global warming and climate change. Mango juice or any traditional/non-traditional drink, however effective they may be today, isn't a solution to make those future unusually hot days bearable.

xbmcuser 8y ago

Have you been to India recently like last 2 years in the summer months. The temperatures have increased by a few degrees I am from Karachi Pakistan and I can tell you that temperatures have changed in Pakistan in last 2-3 years almost all high temperature records were broken. And we have more concrete cities now than earlier. For Karachi I am sure people will have to stop going out or working etc in the afternoon in the summer months just like desert cities like Dubai Abu Dhabi etc.

thisisit 8y ago
I currently live in India. So yes I know the temperatures out here. Given that many replies seem to be about how out of touch I am about the temperature and mango juice aspect let me clarify the post, once and for all: Yes,it is getting hotter year after year and there is enough proof for climate change. But, the article talks about an "Indian Summer" and then I don't see any mention of things like "Loo" and "Aam panna" which are generally associated with an Indian Summer I can't help but say it is not a good read or even properly researched. As you put it, we can change it to Pakistan or Bangladesh and have the same article. So, my issue is with the quality of the content. But maybe I didn't put it across well.

coldtea 8y ago

Well, raw mango juice will not stave off climate change though... (That said, shouldn't more or less the same hold for any country at the same latitudes?)

raz32dust 8y ago

You are correct that the article is shallow in content and more of fear mongering. But at the same time, it is true that the heat is getting worse with each passing year (in the last 4-5 years at least, you can check the temperature data), so it is very likely that heat related deaths and ailments are increasing. So the article is trying to highlight an important issue, although not in the best way, and in fact might even be harmful because a single wrong fact can ruin the credibility of the entire article.

xkcdefgh 8y ago

sorry but raw mango juice will not save the world and prevent mass migration to North in the next 200 years. I'm from India and always get annoyed by the populace's over reliance on traditional methods and "science"

kamaal 8y ago
>>I'm from India and always get annoyed by the populace's over reliance on traditional methods and "science" Well our Prime Minister said, its not the climate but its we who are changing. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/internet-cant-keep-calm-after-discovering-this-old-video-of-modi-denying-climate-change-1556675.html https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/internet-cant-keep-calm-aft... :) Why worry about all this science, when you can eat Kulfi and chill.

dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago

Interesting. Do you know what exactly in Aaam panna prevents the loss of sodium and iron as the wiki says? Because mango itself isn't particularly rich in either of these.