Insects and Lizards
Lizards and insects are difficult to remove from Indian homes. You may contact an exterminator, but the results would only last a few days before the insects return. Locals are used to this and aren’t phased by it; if there is an ant on their plate, they don’t mind.
Tihaya’s house is home to a gecko that established its family there and has watched them develop. She says that, based on traditional gecko sounds, she figured it was still in the home.