Will India get infected by Swine Flu?

After a lot of cat and mouse run with Bird Flu, here comes a new type of flu, the Swine Flu. As the name suggests, swine means small pig. In countries like the Americas, pigs are consumed on a daily basis. They have it in their breakfast, lunch and dinner. The popular ones are the pork roll. Its tasty and liked by all Americans. However, this flu did not started from the US. It came to the limelight from the state of Mexico. The US authorities have already started scanning every passenger arriving from that country for any health problems.

In India we too have started the scanning process. However, I saw on TV a passenger said to the press that when he arrived at the New Delhi International Airport he heard some announcement that if anyone is feeling bad about their health, they may come for a free medical check up. That means the medical check up process is not mandatory for all. So, if this is the situation then I fear that anyone who is afraid of needles or any type of health check up will never turn up and escape the Airport. This way the flu may enter India and can infect others in no time.

I was expecting this morning a full page advertisement from the Ministry of Health about Swine Flu in our local newspapers. But I did not see any info about it. May be tomorrow they might do that. Many bloggers have started posting information about this new outbreak and what to do when you feel you are infected.

I think the good news is that it can be cured with antibiotic medicines. The other day, Cipla the Indian pharma company said they have already started mass production of a drug called 'Tami flu' which is used to cure this disease.

I hope we get success in fighting this outbreak as we always did with bird flu.

Today No Power Cuts.

I wrote about yesterday that I was expecting one more power cut any time. And it did happened at 9 pm. It was my dinner time. As I was going to sit for my dinner the lights went off. It was horrible. I waited till 10 pm when the lights finally came back. Today, hopefully there were no power cuts till now. But, I do not know, may be they will cut once more tonight. I think I should have my dinner a little early tonight.

What about others? Do you have power problems in your area? I want to know how many people suffer of power cuts all over the world. Please write your views in the comment box. Your comments will be replied.

Yesterday was the longest power cut

As I mentioned in my previous blog that we were experiencing a little power cuts in our area. It was horrible. It lasted for about four hours. Its the hottest month over here and we are suffering from these massive power cuts. It is not good. Today the power went off for few minutes in the morning but was normal through out the day. But I am expecting another power cut any minute from now. Because its this time they normally do the cuts. I only have an hour or so as back up on my laptop. I hope I will be able to finish up with my postings.

Oh my God! Its very hot here!

Kolkata and its adjoining areas are now having a temperature of more than 41 degree Celsius. To make matter worse we are having frequent power cuts almost everyday. Its very difficult to live with power cuts in this hot summer. In fact right now we do not have power. I am blogging from my laptop, and using my back up power, which may last for a few minutes or so. I will keep you all informed whenever I get online. God knows when this power will come back. I need to get a nice cool shower. More to come in my next post. Keep reading.