Let for a moment suppose we are deprived of electricity….how will our life look then?
•You get up early in the morning and find no water in the tank … as the electric motor couldn’t pump water.
•You look towards our phone to call our colleague to tell him that you will come late but your mobile is switched off due to no charge…..
•You rush towards toasting slices but you can’t. You thought to it something from refrigerator but you find each thing in sporadic and deteriorated condition because the refrigerator couldn’t cool.
•You go to the office and want to send some mail to client but your laptop is powered off. Your printer isn't working.
•You come back home with sweats and switch-on fan but the wings are inert.
•You want to have some amusement but you can't turn on the Television.
This is the gist of life without electricity.
Electricity domains all the segments and things on which we are directly or indirectly dependent. These gaudy and meretricious markets will get dull without electricity. The myth of being in a Global village will end promptly at the moment we get deprived of electricity.
But when power cuts off
Power outages has great impact on today’s life. Even a minor blackout can precipitate many complications now.
Light turns into dark. Beautiful liveliness turns into awe vacancy. Activities turn into inertia. The rhythm of life distorts and every sort of convenience you enjoy turns into inconvenience.
I belong to the countryside area and power outages are not new for me. In fact, I am accustomed to it. Here if you even blow with your mouth on electric supplying wires, power is cut off.😂
There are many events in my life when power blackouts produced great inconvenience for me. Mostly they cut power on festive day especially on “Eid up Asha.” This is their maneuver to fend my mama storing boneless Kabab meet for the next 4-5 months and in return, they hear euphonious words from her too until power turns on😂.
Well I will quote a recent event when I was in university hostel and there was a blackout for three days.
It was about three to four months ago, a morning I woke up and found that electricity was off. I looked towards my cells and both were just running out of power. But this wasn't that disturbing for me as I thought light will come back soon in hours and my phones could make up to to that.
I took bath and marched towards my faculty. But to my astonishment, this was not load-shedding as this was about to last for days. I was just like how will this time pass? Phones were off.
Initially we were getting extreme boredom. There was no light. We were away from our soul(mobile) and just starring each other. Undoubtedly we make fun and enjoy company but phone is usually involved in that too.We heeded for our rooms and as had nothing to do so just fell asleep. Life seemed colorless.
This wasn't just only with us but all the hostelized were going through it. So we got an idea. In the night we gathered and just sat on the roof counting stars and singing songs and dancing. This was a healthy activity which we usually do too but not all used to engage in it because they were to be with their “Shona babu” . This was our first night in blackout.
The next day I just slept because I am not that audacious to visit classes without a bath. That sleep had its own serenity. No mobile beep to wake you up. No sudden astonishing surprises. Just a solaced siesta.
Second night we intrigued a mischievous activity. We pounced on different rooms and made us gift to them. Few of them felt annoyed receiving while few were delighted too that they got someone for some time to cope with boredom due to this blackout.
In short, these two days of blackout was a different kind of experience.It was hard to get accustomed but it brought a new way of amusement too.
Conclusion:
Electricity has very pivotal and important role in our life these days. It is crucial for communication, business, amusement and many other essential life activities. Power outages can alter the normal mechanism of life and and may produce many aberrations. However it is good too as when we are deprived our online life only then we look for physical relations.
This is my entry for HL weekly post.