10 Things Indian's Do During A Power Cut

Power cuts in India are quite normal. If you turn back the pages of history, people were hardly aware of emergency lights, UPS, inverters or batteries. Generators were used only in huge departmental stores and malls. Even today, in remote areas of India, there are hours and hours of power-cut. So do we know what Indians do during power cuts? There are areas where there are regular power cuts scheduled at a particular time everyday and it is really very interesting to know what people do during power cuts.

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Some people actually have well-defined plans to while-away their time during these power cuts. Especially, if there is a regular power cut in the late evenings or nights, people actually try to make the best use of this time for entertaining themselves. It becomes a gala time for them. This reduces their tension and irritation from the power-cut.

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Knowing what people do during power cuts is very interesting. I personally have seen people enjoying themselves during this time. I have jotted down a few facts on what Indians do during power cuts, in this article. This will inspire you and refrain you from complaining on power cuts anymore.

Playing Antakshari:

Antakshari is all about a game of singing songs. This game is very popular and interesting and usually what Indians do during power cuts. It is fun to be among many people, singing and playing and enjoying each other's company. It helps you to relieve yourself from stress.

Playing with Cards:

Another favourite pastime of Indians is playing with cards. Forming a group and betting each other is always a fun. It keeps you and your mind engaged. Playing with cards need not necessarily be gambling.

Carom board:

One of the most popular things that Indians do during power cuts is making a group and playing carom. Especially at night, playing carom under the moonlight is just exciting.

Checking your neighbour's power supply:

Let me confess, this is something I always do without fail, during power cuts - peeping out of the window and checking if our neighbours also have a power cut. This is to ensure that our neighbours are also equally suffering because of the power-cut as we are or not.. It gives you inner joy and I am sure most of us do this during power-cut. It becomes a pastime and fun.

Making Paper Fans and Planes:

One thing that we immediately do during a power-cut is to make a handy paper fan out of the newspaper we have and use it to fan ourselves. Also, children enjoy making paper planes and rockets. This becomes a fun-filled activity in the darkness.

Romantic Candle-light dinner:

Many couples convert an inconvenient power-cut into a romantic candle-light dinner with 2 candles and food from a restaurant.

Catch up with buddies:

Busy schedules make it difficult to catch-up with buddies and many people utilize the power-cut as an opportunity to do meet and converse with their nearby friends.

Shopping:

Shopping is a great idea that many people follow, to keep away from the inconvenient power cuts.

Counting stars:

A great activity and pastime during power cuts at night. There is no age limit to do this.

Playing with shadows:

Playing with shadows is another favourite pastime of Indian people during power cuts at night. Accompanied with ghostly stories make it even more exciting and interesting.