Raga Thing to Do: Escape Swine Flu

Swine flu just gave us a week’s holiday. Sure, we like holidays, but not when we have to compensate by giving up our actual vacations! Peeved and aggrieved, we would like to tell the H1N1 virus, enough is enough. The pig flu flew? Big deal. We’ll bring it back down.

Here are a few tips to save the day from swine flu.

Cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief when you sneeze in public. Did you just roll your eyes and say you already knew that? Hah, trick tip. If you have a cold, you shouldn’t be in public. Stay at home if you have the slightest symptoms of swine flu.

Still, if you must be in public, please cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze.

Whatever you used to cover your nose with, there is no need to open it and critically evaluate changes in appearance, if any. Put that handkerchief out of sight, immediately.

Find a way to get food and lodging near Kasturba Hospital. (Seeing as you won’t be allowed to drive up to Kasturba whether you have swine flu or not.) Both facilities are available at the not-coincidentally-nearby Arthur Road Jail. And for free, too; but law-abiding citizens are disqualified.

Drop the ‘no-carbs’ diet. Diets compromise on nutrition. If you’re going to be a flu-fighter, you need your health. We know you’re dying to kick your diet Do it, so that you don’t need to kick the bucket. Take the flu as a sign from above.

A good morale will always push up the immunity. No, we’re not asking you to make new friends or get a hobby or anything demanding like that. We at Raga have a better panacea for all kinds of gloom. A solution designed to cheer and uplift. We call it Malhar.