The festival of Ganpati always evokes festive cheer along with a sense of devotion. Before any festival, I get into saaf- safai mode where I clean up my floor, walls, putting up new curtains and take special care to clean up my kitchen. I decided to liberate myself from the menace of cockroaches before I started preparing any kind of sweetmeats. There couldn’t be a better way to start the festivities with a clean hygienic kitchen sans the ugly sight of cockroaches playing peek – a – boo behind gas pipes, behind the cylinders and hiding beneath the sink. I detest the sight of them. When the lights are off,…