Please KNOCK on the door

Last week, when I came home and opened the door, there was burning smell and I tried to locate the source... but in vain. Learned the next day that the culprit was my doorbell.

Didn’t realize that doorbell is so important in my life. If you are in India, if you depend on maids for your household work and if you have closed doors... you’ll definitely know the importance of doorbell. Before sleeping, I made sure I call all my maids and inform them to knock on the door. I know if I don’t do that, they’ll have good excuse saying “ Didi... maine doorbell bahut baar dabaayi... par koyi nahi the. Aap hamko binaa bolke kahaa chale gaye? (I rang the doorbell many times... but no one was there. Where did you go without informing us)”. They don’t even bother to knock on the door and call you. Need to learn these tactics from maids ;-).

Wonder how our parents lived their life without doorbells. Gone are those days where doors were open all day and you’ll definitely know if someone is at the door... even if they are standing outside the gate. Open doors and windows welcomed fresh air... and of course dust, mosquitoes and flies... but we never bothered.

Things have changed. Even though the thought of childhood makes us feel good... not sure if we can live that life anymore. We expanded ourselves to minimum 3 bed room house and we make sure doors are CLOSED all the time. We can’t keep the doors open as we are too worried of mosquitoes and flies coming inside. We make sure even the windows have mesh and also we are equipped with important weapons... electric mosquito bat and fly killer bat ;-).

Anyways, I’m waiting for an electrician to fix my doorbell. Until then, I’ll keep a note on the door “DOORBELL IS NOT WORKING. PLEASE KNOCK ON THE DOOR”.