Hobby whistlers pipe away their pandemic blues

Recently, little Rihaan Langote watched his anesthesiologist mother lull their pet cat Mini into slow unconsciousness using a non-medical instrument. Instead of an injection or intravenous tubes, Mrunal Langote had merely used her lungs, it seems, to induce in unsuspecting Mini the same effect as general anesthesia. “Mom, your whistling made the cat fall asleep,” six-year-old Rihaan pointed out to his mother, who can warble entire songs deftly enough to warrant the reputation of someone who can whistle her way through most tasks. However, her journey from a shy woman too “embarrassed” to whistle in front of strangers to confident performer who has been puckering in front of mikes for five years now, had taken several deep breaths and an intervention from the Indian Whistlers' Association or IWA.

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