Temperature's Soaring, Load-shedding, India Shining
As Usual, no electricity and I fear going off to bed. The moment I lay down on my bed and just when I'm about of go off to my dreams, the deafening silence strikes. I open my eyes and see the fan coming to a halt like an ailing warrior who's been martyred not by enemy bullets but by lack of supplies... Not giving up, I shut my eyes hard and try to sleep; only to realize after 5 minutes that that my eyes have started aching and my smooth dry skin is getting soaked in my own sweat. I still didn't give up. I stood up, took a bed-sheet and soaked it partially in water, squeezed it and Ahhhh.. This feels good on my skin. I've managed to defeat the heat. I've managed to do the impossible: to keep myself cool even in load-shedding.
Feeling proud of my "lateral thinking", I start to walk towards my bed. In spite of all problems that life poses, we the Indians come out strong. Hats-off to our "Gugar Capabilities". Every Indian is born with it. That's why "Load-shedding but India Shining".
I reached down to my side of the bed and covered myself with the dampened cloth and got ready to sleep. BUT luck had it. Within minutes I started feeling not only hot but all the more humid.
Then it struck me... "Ahh... I forgot to open the windows for the air to flow in and dry the bed sheet and in turn keep me cool." (Much like how our coolers work). It was very much like Tiger Woods saying "Ah… I forgot the earth's rotation!!!" Jumping out my bed, I opened all the windows and doors of my room. I looked out and to my utter dismay, not a leaf outside was moving. Outside was like a graveyard, nothing moving and everything dead. And here was I standing inside like a ghost.
I yelled! F**K MAN... Hearing these words of wisdom, my wife woke up and yelled, "You are already f**ked. Want more!! Shut-up and Sleep". Didn't know weather to laugh or cry at such a comment.
Anyway, it was time to do some more "lateral thinking" to keep my self comfortable on bed. So up there in front of my open window, I lit up my cigarette and started to tickle my grey cells. Five minutes of intense thinking and all that I could figure out was:
1. I outta buy an inverter this season.
2. I should try to sleep ones more.
Not a very brave thing to do actually, but the most logical thing to do at this point of time. Anyway, I'm a strong man and nothing can perturb me from sleeping. Being born and bought up in North-India, I've faced the worst of heat waves. So now with rejuvenated mental condition, I went off to my bed, threw the dampened cloth on one side, took off my t-shirt and gave my best shot to try to sleep.
After sometime, half-asleep, the deafening sound of silence was suddenly broken by my mobile buzzing. Half irritated and half asleep, I picked up my cell. But hey!! Hang on. There is nothing on my cell; no call, no sms no alarm... NOTHING
Then it struck me like Bhajji's Slap. My cell was not buzzing. It was an flying squadron of mosquitoes! I left the window open and they zoomed in... I yelled, "F**K MAN". My wife woke up again and yelled back "F**K YOU... Why can't you just sleep?"
Depressed, Irritated and Frustrated I cursed the whole of the electricity department guys up to their forefathers. But I was an ailing warrior by then, much like my room's fan. I was tired and sleepy. With a heavy heart, I took the dampened cloth, covered myself up to my head to keep the mosquitoes squadron away.
Completely boiled by the humidity from the dampen cloth and the heat, I started to feel sick about being in India.
India Shining: We are all set to take the developed nations head-on: with no electricity. Indian IT and ITES companies are gonna compete in global markets; with servers and desktops running on diesel generators. Indian goods are gonna reach the docks through pot-holed highways. Kids from village schools are gonna make revolutionary break-thru in the field of science and technology.
YES INDIA DEFINITELY SHINING!
Feeling proud of my "lateral thinking", I start to walk towards my bed. In spite of all problems that life poses, we the Indians come out strong. Hats-off to our "Gugar Capabilities". Every Indian is born with it. That's why "Load-shedding but India Shining".
I reached down to my side of the bed and covered myself with the dampened cloth and got ready to sleep. BUT luck had it. Within minutes I started feeling not only hot but all the more humid.
Then it struck me... "Ahh... I forgot to open the windows for the air to flow in and dry the bed sheet and in turn keep me cool." (Much like how our coolers work). It was very much like Tiger Woods saying "Ah… I forgot the earth's rotation!!!" Jumping out my bed, I opened all the windows and doors of my room. I looked out and to my utter dismay, not a leaf outside was moving. Outside was like a graveyard, nothing moving and everything dead. And here was I standing inside like a ghost.
I yelled! F**K MAN... Hearing these words of wisdom, my wife woke up and yelled, "You are already f**ked. Want more!! Shut-up and Sleep". Didn't know weather to laugh or cry at such a comment.
Anyway, it was time to do some more "lateral thinking" to keep my self comfortable on bed. So up there in front of my open window, I lit up my cigarette and started to tickle my grey cells. Five minutes of intense thinking and all that I could figure out was:
1. I outta buy an inverter this season.
2. I should try to sleep ones more.
Not a very brave thing to do actually, but the most logical thing to do at this point of time. Anyway, I'm a strong man and nothing can perturb me from sleeping. Being born and bought up in North-India, I've faced the worst of heat waves. So now with rejuvenated mental condition, I went off to my bed, threw the dampened cloth on one side, took off my t-shirt and gave my best shot to try to sleep.
After sometime, half-asleep, the deafening sound of silence was suddenly broken by my mobile buzzing. Half irritated and half asleep, I picked up my cell. But hey!! Hang on. There is nothing on my cell; no call, no sms no alarm... NOTHING
Then it struck me like Bhajji's Slap. My cell was not buzzing. It was an flying squadron of mosquitoes! I left the window open and they zoomed in... I yelled, "F**K MAN". My wife woke up again and yelled back "F**K YOU... Why can't you just sleep?"
Depressed, Irritated and Frustrated I cursed the whole of the electricity department guys up to their forefathers. But I was an ailing warrior by then, much like my room's fan. I was tired and sleepy. With a heavy heart, I took the dampened cloth, covered myself up to my head to keep the mosquitoes squadron away.
Completely boiled by the humidity from the dampen cloth and the heat, I started to feel sick about being in India.
India Shining: We are all set to take the developed nations head-on: with no electricity. Indian IT and ITES companies are gonna compete in global markets; with servers and desktops running on diesel generators. Indian goods are gonna reach the docks through pot-holed highways. Kids from village schools are gonna make revolutionary break-thru in the field of science and technology.
YES INDIA DEFINITELY SHINING!
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