India's power situation is many million times better than it was

After 23 years, one thing that is a pleasant surprise is how well the power/generator backup system works. Although only a tiny minority of people have this facility, i am sure, it is still a huge leap forward from where the country was when i left. Every one of my small appliances work and work well, except for a UPS. An expert friend Prasanto Kumar Roy from CyberMedia tells me that i am not getting the right "step-down transformer". i respond to his Greek in broken Spanish and he embarrasses me again by responding fluently. When i get back, i need to Google "step down transformer".

In general, the change in the power situation is significant because there is at least a path for everyone to (theoretically) have access to uninterrupted power. We are a long way off from making power more inexpensive. However, using generators is a retail solution where the government infrastructure fails (yet again). But more on that in future blogs . . .