“Chipkali”

Lizards in my house are a creative lot. Heres a sneak peek into the kind of gimmicks they can come up with.

Gone are the days when they used to hide behind crevices and get intimated by humans. Lizards consider the well polished granite flooring in my house as their playground. They jaywalk ,trudge,skip and gallivant around my hall without the fear of humans stepping on them.

One fine day when I happen to open my eyes after a brief prayer I find a lizard forming an ornamental necklace over poor Lord Ramas neck.

Two Lizards have formed an orchestra in my bedroom and have vowed to entertain me throughout the day, by their constant droning.

For the first time in my life I caught the sight of a thirsty lizard drinking water from the tank of my potty.



Apart from this they have proved to be nuisance in my kitchen wherein the sight of a lizard gives me jeepers .Food infected by a lizard is supposed to be poisonous.

Considering the fact that they are increasingly multiplying in my house , I have to do something. One solution my dad tried and worked well was pour boiling water on them , when they sneer at me in the kitchen.It immediately kills them.

Now, what I do about the umpteen other lizards in my house. Should I call pest control? Or are there Grandma solutions for such problems?


People please suggest ways to sound the death knell for these darned creatures.


P S: I wonder how people worship these pesky creatures in a Vaisnavite Shrine in Kancheepuram .Maybe in ancient days they did not seem so obtrusive as they are at present.