Multitasking is eating dosas with the right hand, picking ants off the bowl of oats with the left and mulling over the inexplicable food choices of ants. ‘The ants have taken up residence here but where are the rains?’ my husband asked, taking a pot-shot at my contention that the unexpected presence of ants indicated the coming of rain. The ants remained, the clouds disappeared, taking the rains with them, leaving us lamenting a weak monsoon, yet again. ‘The ants are taking the cue from unpredictable weather patterns and changing their behavioural patterns too,’ I explained, rather unconvincingly. ‘The ants continue to live on the table and now cockroaches have also come out of hiding.

Source: The Hindu June 30, 2017 11:37 UTC