Keep Your Cool- The Desi Way

With temperatures hitting ridiculous heights, never ending electricity shortages and unavailability of central air conditioning in our country, we as resilient Pakistanis have to adopt to the good old desi way to keep our cool!

1. A lassi a day keeps the heat away

No one knows why a cold glass of curdled milk does the trick, but everyone definitely agrees. The lungi and mooch is optional but this cold delight definitely hits the spot!


2. Aam khaanay hain aam!

Probably the only reason why any Pakistani would look forward to Summer: MANGO SEASON! At least one mango flavoured treat is guaranteed to find its way into our refrigerators and give us those few extra pounds we were looking to gain this summer (not...)!


3. Fresh juice walay

                                    

Never have we appreciated a chilled glass of falsa/watermelon/sugarcane juice more than when we're having it standing under the blistering sun at one of the numerous roadside stalls and juice walas around the city. You're definitely missing out on one of the (very few) good things about summer if you haven't tried this already!


4. Sun Sand and Surf

Again this is quite a mystery as to why summer hating Pakistanis love going to the beach in this deathly heat, but we do! The feeling of that not-so-cool water on our feet, after having walked through the burning sand, is quite amazing. Nothing works as well as that tanned skin for summer to leave its mark upon us, as well as loving aunties who ask "Beta rung kyun itna kharaab hogaya?"

5. Bless Dolmen Mall for Central Air Conditioning

                              

What better way to pass the hot day than chill in the food court for as long as you want (FOR FREE!) and have a cone of ice cream from McDonalds? And remember the mall rules if it's a weekend: one girl with a group of ten boys is as much a 'family' as a father-son duo who actually need to buy something!


6. Sleeping on the roof

                                       

A common childhood memory for a majority of Pakistanis has to be dragging your blankets to the terrace or up the roof of your house when the electricity goes out in the middle of the night and the UPS isn't charged. The slight breeze that blesses our nights is truly a reminder that God will save us from melting away.

And of course if all else fails: desi ingenuity is the way to go!