From 36 Degrees centigrade to Minus 47 Degrees Fahrenheit 9

We belong to a place called Ambasamudram in Southern Tamilnadu, India . This place though comfortable weatherwise for most part of the year becomes very hot during the summer months of April to Mid June . The temperature hovers around the mid to late 30 Degrees Centigrade during this period . We have got used to this and overcome this with the help of the various appliances now in the market.

Eight years back , I was at Regina in the Saskatchewan Province of Canada . I had already visited this province before but at relatively better climes . This time it was on the 11 th of December , co-passengers and my daughter had already warned me that it would be terribly cold and windy when we landed and that  our arrival would be anything but a Welcome one Weatherwise . Sure enough , the travel from the Airport exit to the car park was a Himalayan task . Freezing cold and the blustery wind and snowflakes all around made it all the more difficult .

 Thermal Innerwear , 2 layers of inner and outer Jacket ,coat , leather gloves , headcap with a hood to cover the ears and heavy spiked shoes were  of little comfort . That we were never used to these heavy winter clothing went on to make it even more discomforting .

We were there at Regina  to help out with  my daughter s delivery . Sure enough , my grandson was born on 20 th December and guess what , the temperature was  MINUS 47 Degrees Fahrenheit.  The entire area as far as one  could see  was a sparkling white sheet of  snow and  the trees were only stumps without a single leaf . The play ground which used to be  lush green normally did not even have a single blade of grass .

We did get over it  , but the change from the Indian Summer of Agasthiarpatty to the Canadian Winter of Regina does send shivers down our body everytime a winter or snow is mentioned even in passing by anyone .