Idle musings

A RECOVERY, A SMART PHONE AND A TRIP TO PUDUCHERRY     This blog covers three topics as the heading indicates. As I write it, I feel it will be a long one, so though I am writing this on a Thursday morning, I think it will be uploaded on Saturday or Sunday.     *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- THE RECOVERY     The first topic concerns my health.     Around Ganesh Chaturthi time this year in September, I caught a 'flu (I think !). Usually, the pattern when I catch a 'flu is that it manifests itself as cold with bouts of sneezing and then transforms into cough and a dry cough before subsiding. I don't take tablets and the process lasts around a week. This time, the cold and sneezing was not much, but worse was to follow. For a few days, I woke up with an extremely painful throbbing headache which began over my right eye and then just pulsed over the head. Literally sick, I consulted my doctor w