wow, so many snake charmers here 🙂
anyway I live in Allahabad (u.p.) and snakes and me have a long history.
when I was a kid, and stayed in dense city area, we had a long house where we had printing press in ground floor and we lived on top.
my parents tell me, when I was around 3 years, I caught a baby snake and brought it to them, they were almost fainted within flash of a second one of our oldest family friend who was playing carom board in terrace with father took me in his lap and made me gently remove it, later he caught him in glass bowl and left somewhere. it was not like the one I posted here but a thick one.
That Rejendra uncle was in bank and he retired a few yrs back, when ever we meet we always have this question between us.
he says "ab to saanp nahin pakadte tum"
our printing press also had snake found sometimes in paper storage godown, under floor area of machines etc. but now we live 10km away from that house.
I am not scared of snakes, I don't want to kill them either, but I've small kids which is only cause of worry I have.
Getting that area and cavities sealed with Dr.fixit grout (white cement like) which seals the area between tiles and floors.
even my surname includes a snake's name 🙂
Lastly I wanted to move to NCR since last year, but seems this city doesn't wants me to go that easily, and GZB is also getting tougher for me to welcome, trying again.....