Power Cuts are back!

We had forgotten what it felt like during a power cut in Delhi, courtesy the power backup @ my society. We were rather rudely reminded of how it used to be in the good ol' days, this weekend. The society's generator went bust on Friday and as luck would have it, the weekends were marred with power cuts in the afternoons and in the nights. To make matters worse, it was the 2nd most hottest day in Delhi on Sunday (Saturday wasn't all hunky dory either). It kinda reminded me of the times when I was a kid. Power cuts in Delhi were a very common affair. Majority of the time, only some of the flats would be affected and unfortunately, my house always used to be one of them. The only plan of action was to call the DESU guys, who would not pick up the calls for whatever reasons. We would then have to go to their office, lodge a complaint and wait for them to arrive on their cycles. In most of the cases, it would be a busted fuse in the feeder. Contrary to popular beliefs and Science!!..the solution was not to replace the fuse with another fuse, but to "innovate" using a make-shift "fuse" by using a normal wire across the two terminals!! The advantages of doing so were, that its quick, cost effective and it would prevent the fuse from going off again and again!!. I mean thats what we want right? .. a fuse which doesn't go off quickly...which is sturdy and can withstand a lot of current!! I cant believe these guys were electricians. Never have I seen them replace a fuse with another fuse. Upon asking them, they used to retort in a typical Delhi accent "Ohhhhh koi farak nahi padta sir!". Things changed drastically since the Society bought its own generator. The power backup was a lifesaver. There are loads of times when we don't even realize that we have a power cut. The TVs work, the coolers work, the computer works..all the necessities work.

Anyways, the last 2 days have been awful. Thankfully the mosquitoes are all dead during Delhi summers. So there wasn't any trouble from them. Hopefully the generator gets repaired soon. Its coming in the way of my lazying around time. Its hard to just lay around and do nothing when its 32 degrees inside your room. Phew!