Saturday, 4 July 2026

The Noisy Ceiling Fan

 

Photo by Vlad Surkov on Unsplash 

The prompt took me down the memory lane, when

The noisy ceiling fans were more common in the old times

When most Government offices had old high ceiling fans

That were allowed to run with creaky sounds

And discarded only after it became no longer serviceable

 

The same was true in households too

An Indian well known for his “Jugad”

Made adjustments, repaired equipment

Following the motto “Use it as long as it holds!”

Meaning a quiet acceptance of a noisy ceiling fan

 

With changing times & more money in the hands of people

Less of joint families & more of nuclear families

Ceiling fans are discarded a lot faster

It is just as well, for sleeping can be tough

With a noisy ceiling fan in the background

More so if you are predominantly an “auditory person”

In the neuro linguistic programming terms!

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