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When the neighbours started talking....

Continuous days of boredom.I was like a new entrant in the middle of the academic year,longing to make friends. Recent floods cast a magic spell.No power. Entire Chennai was submerged.In the darkness of the day, slowly the doors became ajar. Irksome smiles on everyone's face.The conversation thus began- "Looks like a curfew.All under house arrest.How long will it rain?" Total blackout paved way for more  family time.We started playing together,drench in rain together,eat together and laugh together(It was fantastic!!).Could hear everybody's voice in the neighborhood(of course not talking over phone),friends playing UNO cards, little ones screaming around oblivious of things around them.Small groups of people gathered news from here and there. Yes,these moments had to be etched. As we entered into third day without power,my UPS too got drained.Back to conventional modes of lighting- candles,lanterns and lamps.Luckily, weather conditions did not require fans. All o...