India, April 11 -- Climate change is real, and so are the soaring electricity bills! Indian summers are some of the hardest months in any household. Here are 5 energy efficient air conditioners that will help you save on the bill and the planet.

Being born and brought up in the Northeast means, I have experienced better summer days in my childhood. But with large-scale deforestation, infrastructural changes, and climate change, the summer no longer feels happy.

For the last two years, the summer has been unbearable in my little valley, and last week I decided we will buy an air conditioner for the house! And being a middle-class household, every day has been a battle of choices, my parents don't want an AC because, they fear the future ...