So last night, we siblings made a little plan to have ice cream after we were done with dinner. The ice cream parlour is at a walking distance, so we thought, why not walk there? Even though it was night, it wasn’t exactly a ‘pleasant’ night.

Within five minutes of walking to the ice-cream parlour, we were sweating profusely. And instead of ice cream, we were craving for a glass of cold water, some juice or even lemonade or sugarcane juice … ohh, that’s pure bliss! Just the thought of it feels refreshing. Basically, anything that’s cold and gives us even a moment of relief from this heat, we’re all in for it all the time.

The moment we entered the air-conditioned dining area, we were literally wiping sweat off our foreheads like we had just finished a marathon! And the people sitting there comfortably? Yeah… they gave us ‘that’ look. Anyway, pretending to be all normal, we walked up to the counter and started our little debate over flavours.

I wanted to try something new, so I started scanning the menu when my eyes landed on a standee: “Introducing Paan Kulfi – Our........

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