Why does electricity go off when it rains?

In school i was taught India has unity in diversity. When i grew up i found what was taught to me in school is correct. However, unfortunately, there is a difference between theory and practice; as i grew up i found India is one but not because of the reasons mentioned by my school teachers.

I don’t remember much of what was taught to me in school and it really doesn’t matter anymore because i have cleared my school exams and nobody is ever gonna bother me again with theoretical questions (except in a job interview where the interviewer has no clue of what i do). The truth is India has unity in diversity because whichever part of India you will visit you will find corrupt traffic cops, few anti-bachelor neighbors and an immediate power-cut whenever it will rain in your city.

Last night, just like every other average Indian guy, i was at  home, watching pirated downloaded movie on my laptop and waiting for my dabba. The dabbawalla came, knocked on my door, yelled ‘Sir, please eat your dabba. It’s raining’ and left. I yelled back, “Okay” and wondered, what is the relationship between rain and eating your dabba at 9 pm? Since i couldn’t figure it out i decided to take help from a higher authority and decided to google it. However, before i could google it  the internet connection stopped working.  Along with internet the tubelight and fan in my room also stopped working. The darkness in my room brought to  light the reason why my dabbawalla had asked me to immediately eat my dabba, but unfortunately it was too late. Also, since it rained all night in Pune electricity supply was not restored the entire night.  Somebody has rightly said “college education is no substitute for  street-smartness. “

In the morning i woke up to a rotating fan.  The power supply  was back and this  was a huge relief to me because now i could use google. I googled for relationship between rain and power cut. This google search led to the discovery of the second question of my life which even google couldn’t answer. (The first question being ‘What women what?’)  

Google’s failure meant i had to use my brain to figure out the relationship between rain and immediate power cuts. Although i am not as intelligent or resourceful as google i gave a serious thought to what co-relationship can exist between Variable A (Rain) and Variable B (Blackout). I think the reason our state electricity boards cut power when it rains is because they consider rain as a sign from God to enforce a blackout.

I know this might not be a perfect answer because it is from me and not from google but i still hope that you will agree with me. If you don’t then please kindly enlighten me with a better reason by typing in the comment box.

Revolution 20:20 ... Before you write its review ...

Chetan Bhagat’s new novel, Revolution 20:20, is now available on stands. I guess there are only three types of people who still don’t know about this:

1. People outside India. 
2. People that don’t have access to Twitter or TV. (ie People earning less than Rs 32 per day.) 
3. People for whom internet is equal to Email and Facebook. Email is for work and sending their CVs to friends and friends of friends. Facebook is for pics and chatting. (ie Orkutians on Facebook who click links which will tell you who visited your profile.) 

I purchased my copy of Revolution 20:20 today. I also have a blog. This makes me eligible to write a book review of Revolution 20:20 although last year i watched more movies based upon novels than the number of novels read by me. 

So what makes me eligible to review a best-selling author's book? Did i mention i have a Twitter account? Earlier you had to study hard and do some relevant work to become to an expert. Nowadays all you need is to just join Twitter. You don’t believe me. Check your timeline next time India is playing a cricket match. 

I guess all i want to say here is that if you are gonna trust my book review of Revolution 20:20 then i am sure you are gullible enough to accept that you have inherited your Nigerian Uncle’s fortune or won a lottery worth GBP 100 million or know who has visited your profile on Facebook.

Looking at the sales figure of Revolution 20:20 i am sure there are going to be lots of review of it. I am also sure most of them will be done by the following three kinds of people:

1. People have read CB’s earlier books and CB has not blocked them. A review saying it is a good story. 
2. People who have been blocked by CB on twitter. They will not review the book. They will tweet links telling you the book is now available on Flipkart for Rs 84. I guess these guys also judge people on the basis of the salary he/she earns. 
3. Wannabe writers. Review will be ….. you have guessed it, haven’t you? I wrote a 1,000 word blurb for this guy’s book. I hope in return my publisher is able to get a 20 word blurb for my book. 

The truth is whether you like it or not Revolution 20:20 is going to sell more copies this year than any other English novel in India. If you decide to review the book then please only review the book. After all if you think you are good enough to write a book review then i guess you must be good enough to your keep personal biases outside the review. If you don’t, you might get lots of comments on your blog but judging a book on the basis of its author is not the right way to write a book review.

To sum up

If you have read CB’s earlier books and enjoyed them you are going to love Revolution 20:20. If you have been blocked by CB on twitter there is no need to tell us at how much discount the book is now available. Only those who have been blocked by CB on twitter are interested in it and there are not many of them.