Load Shedding
I live in Mumbai. Which implicitly suggests that i am accustomed to the luxury of an uninterrupted supply of electricity, even in summer. Which is quite something, considering the plight of our less fortunate neighbours on the other side of the expressway, who i'm sure will testify that they get the raw end of the stick where power is concerned. It's 3:30a.m. on the 27th of April. It's bloody hot, and the residents of Mumbai have responded in full force by turning on their air conditioners to beat the heat. And that is a LOT of air conditioners we're talking about. But suddenly, at this ungodly hour, they all go off! So does the one just above my head. Now under normal circumstances, it would take more than a single alarm clock, and maybe some amount of coaxing as well, to rouse me out of my deep, deep slumber. But the sudden and unnatural absense of that din of electric devices woke me up like nothing else. I opened my eyes, but it was quite useless. The ample amount o...