It is the fag end of monsoons. Clouds do linger in the sky most of the time but it seldom rains and an occasional drizzle suffuses the air with the earthy scent but makes it hot and humid. It is a hot afternoon and the Sun is quite strong in spite of the scattered clouds that cover it every now and then. We noticed two juvenile squirrels playing in the trunk of a fish tail palm. They chased each other, going around the moss laden trunk in circles and reached the grassy ground below. One of…