Perennial Power Deficit

One might say, living in Mumbai is like being in a zoo as opposed to the jungle of rural India. Bombay has its beasts, but they're somewhat fenced/at bay. Venturing even to the intermediate safari zone of India--the Tier I cities, e.g. Hyderabad-- I've discovered that life is not always as easy.

For one thing, the fact that India has a major power deficit (demand outstrips supply by ~12% annually) is not obvious in Mumbai. Hyderabad, despite being a major urban center, has scheduled black-outs of 2 hours a day (different 2 hours depending on neighborhood). Below is an example of people trying to conduct normal business in the dark:

Most Indian houses (even in Bombay) have candles/flash lights lying around just for a situations like this. The power in one aunt's neighborhood goes out from 1 to 3PM. "How about I supposed to sleep in the afternoon? This is inhumane," complains said aunt. I agree, subjecting our family to my aunt sans siesta is inhumane! Grow up India, start cutting some red-tape for power generation and distribution.