Last Tuesday evening, when the rain began, its rising intensity indicated what might be coming ahead. One of the possible associated events was a power cut at my residence in Hilltop Colony, Khairatabad. And that, I guessed, would prove a challenge, what with an ageing mobile phone with an equally ageing laptop that no longer hold power in their old batteries as they used to when the gadgets were new. As things turned it, this indeed was the case. About three hours into the downpour, we lost power, just as things were getting hot on the work front. There were reports to read and clear, and reports still to be written. Telangana state by far, has one of the best and reliable electricity supply systems in the country, more so when it comes to Hyderabad. But having been a witness countless number of times to how rain and power supply are inter-related, I quickly plugged in the chargers for the phone, the laptop and a small power bank. It is not that power goes on the blink every time it
