Candle Night Dinner…!!!

No! This is not at all about my date as the title might suggest! Today Bangalore had yet another thunderstorm. Though it did not rain much, it was enough to disrupt the normal life. I had to stay late in office today because of my code review. When I was leaving, the rain had stopped and the weather had become very pleasing.

When I got down at my stop, I saw darkness everywhere. I got an inkling that some major electricity fault has happened somewhere. If I say, rains and power cuts go hand in hand, be it Maharashtra, Karnataka or Madhya Pradesh! When I reached my apartment, the guard gave the bad news that the power back up of the apartment has gone kaput. Hell! Was my first reaction! I got to know that the power was off for the last 2 hours.

When the power if off, life virtually comes to a standstill because we are so very dependent on it. No power- No TV, No Internet…nothing doing! But today I realized that this darkness was a blissful experience.

A bit paralyzed and unable to do anything, I sat in the balcony, sipping my tea and simply enjoyed the cool breeze that was blowing! I took my phone and called many of friends whom I was thinking to talk with for a long time now, but kept on procrastinating! It was the time for dinner and the power had not yet come, so naturally we lit a candle to have our food! It was good to have the so called forced “Candle Light” dinner. I felt God has set the stage for me, in a perfect manner!

Eventually the light came, and I am hooked to TV and Internet again!

God Bless!

Cheers!

Adi