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12 Things to do during a Power Cut

1. Call someone

Person talking on phone You may be suffering from a power cut but your cell phone tower is not. Cell sites are built with minimum 8 hours of power backup in most places. Use this opportunity to connect with a long lost friend or maybe call your family or even better call that hot chick from your previous job.

2. Read a book

Illustration Do you even know what a book is, you facebook twittering LOL OMG saying gen-Y punk? See the picture above to understand what a book looks like and use the power cut to sit down and read one. 

3. Eat out

Illustration When in doubt, get fatter

4. Go to the mall

Illustration Malls maybe the epitome of todays consumerist culture with people wandering aimlessly through and looking for excuses to spend money they don’t need on things they don’t want. BUT we can exploit them! Typical malls come with complete power backups and are completely air-conditioned; what a nice place to leech on to! Go have a ball

5.  Go for a drive

Illustration When was the last time you took your pair of wheels for a cross-city spin? A power cut is the perfect time to stop looking at your vehicle as a tool to get from point A to point B but rather as a spaceship to explore the universe. Go for a random drive, stop if you see a fine building or an awesome lake and soak it all in.

6. Start singing

Illustration Since no one can play music, time to flex those vocal chords. Your neighbour might just send his pretty daughter to tell you to shut the f**k up, and it’ll be love at first sight and … you guys will live happily ever after; definitely worth a shot.

7. Play analog games

Illustration What are analog games you ask? Well bored people predate Angry birds by a long time and analog games are anything and everything people did for fun and games before phones and computers penetrated everything in our lives. Go play Chess, Kabaddi, Cricket, Monopoly or whatever . Your power cut could become your power chess session and you might just discover your hidden talent and become the worlds next Viswanathan Anand.

8. Clean your house

Illustration You don’t have an excuse now, just do it bitch.

9. Cook food

Illustration What a time to absorb yourself in the sights and smells of awesome stuff in the kitchen. And if you’re getting down to it, cook indian food. Indian food with its myriad masalas in myriad proportions will ensure that along with your food, your brain also gets cooked . Along with appreciating the ingredients and the process of cooking, you will also appreciate what a moron you are when you’ve finally burnt that dish you were making.

10. Get drunk

Illustration You need a reason? Really??

11. Sleep

Illustration Zzzz also has significant cognitive benefits

12. Start a morcha against power cuts

Illustration Duh! Instant fame & coverage by all major indian ‘news’ channels. No facebook or twitter campaign can be as effective as yelling profanities outside your local electricity board office. Hope you have a great time during your next power cut :)