Who's hot, hotter, hottest among us?

In the spirit of competitive India, where everyone measures everyone else to find their own measure, heat has entered the stakes. Cities are contesting against each other to simultaneously whine about 'unbearable' temperatures and gloat about their ability to bear the heat. Not everyone has made it to the Big Boy Celsius stakes, though.

New Delhi remains under 40° C so far - likely to hit that mark only this coming weekend - so, Delhiites have no right to brag/complain. A western disturbance bringing rain has knocked out Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and even Rajasthan from qualifying yet.

It's the eastern front that is showing current talent with heatwave conditions over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal providing residents proper fodder for conversation, complaint and bragging/whining rights.


As of now, maximum temperatures forecast for this coming Sunday in the following cities: an underachieving 39° C for Delhi and Ranchi, an also-ran 37° C for Mumbai and Bengaluru, an interesting 41° C and 42° C for Bhubaneswar and Kolkata respectively, and an impressive 44° C for Patna.

Of course, with lower precipitation and wind, places can feel a whole lotta hotta. But the bottomline: India's not only talking weather, but it's turned it into a competitive sport between citizens that's far more interesting than the ongoing pollzzz.