April in the truest sense turned out to be the cruelest month with sweltering weather and scorching heat on one side, sweating and panting species on the other.
Well ! Month of May is no less. It seems that our planet has got too close to the Sun for it feels more like a fast spreading inferno.
But in it all, there is a simple yet impactful statement by our onion, I mean from our union minister that comes as a whiff of fresh and cool air. At least it feels so, in fact, more like music to our ears.
The ‘out of the pocket’ idea suggested by him, if it does stand ground, then it could prove to be a cheap and most impactful pubic announcements challenging many recent discoveries.
I should dare say, changing the course of mankind with a new revolution for the human race.
‘An apple a day, keeps the doctor away’, so they say but ‘an onion a day keeps the heatwave away’ is to be the new mantra.
The ‘onion coolant’ discovery the minister propounded has sent shock waves through the whole air conditioner industry and could save consumers a lot of money by not having to foot hefty electricity bills through the summer months.
Supporters were quick to hold that the ‘onion’ remedy was suggested in the heat of the moment but the mere mention of such a ground to earth cool idea is an absolute stroke of a genius that instantly connects with the masses.
The man on the street who has been aspiring to upgrade from water coolers to an air conditioner to live out the heatwave has been offered a cheaper choice by considering a return to in the humble grounded onion and its roots.
Critics may argue that the claim was a mere tactical error, a humorous attempt to connect with the fuming public, made in the heat of the moment.
And so the new invention a revolutionary energy saving alternative to plush air conditioners, the innocuous onion in the pocket can prove to be a game changer to battle heatwaves.
The humble onion has come a long way, from being a vegetable in the basket into our pockets now.
Thats a quantum jump from just being a food ingredient to a climate control vegetative thermostat, this temperature regulator bulb has become an ‘all in one device’, your one solution to many problems at the same time as the honourable minster loudly claimed.
The many layered onion has always encountered much disapproval and disparaging views from many.
Though contested over the centuries, till date there are a lot of disagreements about the properties of this vegetable.
Many abstain from consuming the vegetable during holy days and pious occasions and hardliners hold that this multi-utility vegetable is Tamsic (something that causes lethargy, inertia or turbulence according to some Hindu and Jain belief systems).
Peeling and chopping an onion to reach its inner core is a work of great art and effort. It’s the universal culinary struggle – when life gives you onions, peel them, shed some dramatic tears and beat the heat at the same time.
More that just being a vegetable, in many Indian elections the humble onion has demolished the fortunes of many powerful ruling political parties and proved a great winner for opposition minions. Beyond crocodile tears, it has brought many powerful people down to have them shed genuine tears instead.
Market fluctuations in this bulb prices have often proved to be the deciding factor of political fortunes.
As the world moves from Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence – the Onion is also changing track and has jolted the air conditioner market for keeping this ubiquitous bulb is our pockets will serve as tangy pungent air conditioner if we are to believe the honourable minister.
The ‘placebo effect’(where a patient’s physical or mental health improves after receiving an inert “dummy” treatment, like sugar pills or saline injections), with an onion in our pockets will drive away the heatwave and prove light on the pocket with no electricity bills to pay is the new mantra of jugaad politics that politicians are serious about ushering in as a new reform for the innocent public.
Anjali, with a masters in English, is a teacher on a sabbatical. She loves travelling and spending time in natures lap, observing its bounties and being thankful to the hills.
