Snap! We were settling down to have dinner and the power went out. We didn't have a power backup in our rented apartment. This was the first power cut after we had returned from US and settled in Pune. And so we vented out our thoughts on the status of electricity in India which by the way is really in a good shape in Pune compared to the other states like UP, Bihar etc. It is mostly 24/7 in the area we live with really occasional outages.
With time I have learned to appreciate the perks of these power cuts.
For when else in our multi-storeyed lives, we so freely open our apartment doors for ventilation and find the neighbor's door open as well? When there is a power cut and no backup power available in the apartment, that's an ideal time for people to get out of their shells...chat, sync up and share.
During a power cut after dark, as a family we cuddle around a source of light usually a candle or emergency torches and disengage our lives out of Wi-fi, TV etc.
If you have a toddler around, it can be fun making shadow birds, dogs etc out of your palm, and watch them explore playing with their shadows. And even if no birthday is around, blowing candle when power is back is always entertaining for a toddler.
More often the not, an extended power backup brings back memories for me of the bygone days of childhood when the families of that time ate, slept and just chatted endlessly on the rooftops during power outages after dark. The smell of flowers mixed with the night-time breeze, the cold conditioned air, spotting the constellations in the star studded sky and just dozing off...
Power cuts can be frustrating on a hot summer day and specially if they continue on and on unannounced...but they can have a brighter side too, as I have discovered.
With time I have learned to appreciate the perks of these power cuts.
For when else in our multi-storeyed lives, we so freely open our apartment doors for ventilation and find the neighbor's door open as well? When there is a power cut and no backup power available in the apartment, that's an ideal time for people to get out of their shells...chat, sync up and share.
During a power cut after dark, as a family we cuddle around a source of light usually a candle or emergency torches and disengage our lives out of Wi-fi, TV etc.
If you have a toddler around, it can be fun making shadow birds, dogs etc out of your palm, and watch them explore playing with their shadows. And even if no birthday is around, blowing candle when power is back is always entertaining for a toddler.
More often the not, an extended power backup brings back memories for me of the bygone days of childhood when the families of that time ate, slept and just chatted endlessly on the rooftops during power outages after dark. The smell of flowers mixed with the night-time breeze, the cold conditioned air, spotting the constellations in the star studded sky and just dozing off...
Power cuts can be frustrating on a hot summer day and specially if they continue on and on unannounced...but they can have a brighter side too, as I have discovered.
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