We have started having power cuts in our area and this has increased since the elections. I am not blaming the current government, since they are yet to find their feet; however, we were "blessed" since we were living in the same area as our ex-CM (Mr. Yeddyurappa) and hence had no difficulty with power or water. Maybe our days of shortage is nigh.
We have never used UPS/Inverter for our "power needs" and inspite of advise from well meaning friends and relatives, I have not yet installed one.
When my kids were young (primary and secondary school going), we used to get together during the dark period and play some games - like word building, antakshari, or country-capitals, and generally bond together. Other than Meena (wife), none of us could sing with any semblance of a proper tune, but that didn't deter us from trying our hand in antakshari. We developed and modified our own rules (we would include Hindi or tamil film songs, english songs, and school poems and songs too!). The three kids developed their capacity to remember all the capital cities of all countries and all states of India and US during this period, I believe!
Nowadays, when they can, my kids don't sit and talk with us. It is during these "dark periods" that we come together to share something.
Last night we had an outage for a couple of hours and listened to old Hindi and Tamil songs for some time. But the camaraderie that we shared long ago, when I could influence the thinking of my kids, is no longer there. Is it time to invest in an inverter now?
We have never used UPS/Inverter for our "power needs" and inspite of advise from well meaning friends and relatives, I have not yet installed one.
When my kids were young (primary and secondary school going), we used to get together during the dark period and play some games - like word building, antakshari, or country-capitals, and generally bond together. Other than Meena (wife), none of us could sing with any semblance of a proper tune, but that didn't deter us from trying our hand in antakshari. We developed and modified our own rules (we would include Hindi or tamil film songs, english songs, and school poems and songs too!). The three kids developed their capacity to remember all the capital cities of all countries and all states of India and US during this period, I believe!
Nowadays, when they can, my kids don't sit and talk with us. It is during these "dark periods" that we come together to share something.
Last night we had an outage for a couple of hours and listened to old Hindi and Tamil songs for some time. But the camaraderie that we shared long ago, when I could influence the thinking of my kids, is no longer there. Is it time to invest in an inverter now?
