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1. motionlessveloc · 1790687469 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder how many HNers recall life in Delhi even 20 years ago? Cutting electricity loss is one thing, but getting rid of "load shedding" (unplanned power cuts) is the really revolutionary part. It was not uncommon for the power to go out several times a day and you had to rush to unplug expensive appliances (TV, laptop), because when the power came back it was often accompanied by a surge. My office was wired with two sets of electrical sockets, one connected to grid mains and the other connected to the UPS (for important equipment only).

   1. Gangway0829 · 1790687818 · focus · HN ↗

      Do you remember the scheduled water cuts? We would stockpile water in buckets so we could flush the toilets. Good old days!

      1. shrikant · 1790688643 · focus · HN ↗

         I remember the inverse of that in Chennai -- scheduled running water for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evenings when we had to stockpile water in every container possible.

         1. parthdesai · 1790688920 · focus · HN ↗

            It's so weird reading these comments, we didn't have either of these issues in Gujarat in early 2000s (left India in mid 2000s).

            1. saonnet · 1790689427 · focus · HN ↗

               Modi hai to mumkin hai!

               1. parthdesai · 1790690418 · focus · HN ↗

                  I mean that was one of the reasons why he got re-elected twice in Gujarat. It's a shame what that party has devolved to now

                  1. blackoil · 1790691045 · focus · HN ↗

                     one of. other is he killed Muslims.

                     1. kshri24 · 1790697385 · focus · HN ↗

                        This trope is going to get you guys nowhere. The Gujarat riots started with burning of a train filled with Hindu Karsevaks by Muslims. Once religious riots start in India no politician can control it. It requires military intervention. Gujarat riots was curbed the fastest if you compare it to any other riot in Independent India. It was ended in 3 days. By comparison, 1984 Sikh riots took 4 days to end.

                        1. qwerty_sideshow · 1790703685 · focus · HN ↗

                           The historical debate was revived globally when a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary highlighted a previously unreleased, classified 2002 British Foreign Office report. The internal UK government report concluded that the violence was pre-planned and that the rioting had all the hallmarks of "ethnic cleansing," alleging that Modi was "directly responsible" for the political climate that allowed it. The Indian government banned the documentary domestically, calling it a biased piece of colonial propaganda.

                           1. throwaway7783 · 1790716164 · focus · HN ↗

                              Supposed to be unbiased because "Internal UK government report"?. Both the train and the riots were crimes against humanity. Sorry if Indians don't believe shit coming from the UK.

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