The cruel downside of climate change

At the insistence of Sumeya, my daughter, I grudgingly went to see a doctor. I could feel the concern when, between rib-cracking coughs, a throbbing headache and ear-splitting sneezes, she asked whether I was alright. Nowadays, coughs get serious and a doctor’s prescription is important, my wife had told me. Growing up, the prescription of a cold or a cough was bitter lemon swirled with a little honey.

Once you downed that, it often left you smelling like a lemon tree the whole day, but it worked nonetheless. In my days, we never knew about ginger and garlic. Java House’s signature drink - honey, lemon and ginger - sells like hot cake because of what many believe it does. I am not sure it is as potent as we used to know.