BHUBANESWAR, April 7 -- Come to think of it! The 21-day countrywide 'lockdown' in force since March 23 hasn't been such a terrible thing after all! Please have patience as I explain just how!!
Cut back to the first week of May, 2019 and imagine the state we, the people who had the misfortune of living on territory that bore the brunt of Cyclone 'Fani' that had just left a trail of devastation, were in. There was no power for close to a week even in large parts of the Smart City of Bhubaneswar, longer in certain areas. In the most affected villages of Puri district, it took several weeks for power to be restored. The city slickers were getting impatient with the absence of power, water, telephone, internet, even provisions. Fly by night gen...