Window Blinds for Dabolim.

Dust decides the choice of blind in Dabolim more than anything else. In the dry months red laterite powder blows across the plateau and coats every ledge, and a slatted blind then has to be wiped one slat at a time. A roller or zebra blind is a single smooth face that cleans with one pass of a cloth. Wind is the second matter: windows here are big and unsheltered, so a blind hung in front of an open pane will knock against the frame. Seat it within the recess, with a heavy bottom bar or side channels. Bedrooms want blackout roller fabric, since many residents sleep by day.

• High floors facing the river: sunscreen rollers set inside the recess with side channels, which keep the wide view and stay still in a gust.
• Bedrooms in the gated colonies: blackout rollers for daytime sleep after a shift; they darken the room but do nothing for aircraft noise.
• Balconies of plateau apartments: clear PVC monsoon blinds only with cable or channel guides, since an unguided sheet flaps in the wind.