Looks like the long hours of tunnel life is to receive a little respite. It’s not a big deal but the projections are grand. The load shedding woes seemed to have dropped in suddenly, and there was no one to blame but those in power as is the usual way for self-satisfaction, like blaming the foreign forces if something goes awry internally. Now, with almost 66 per cent of the normal day’s hours spent without electricity flowing, the strong words of the water resources minister to bring it down by four or five hours has somewhat lit up the gloomy scenario. It is a bit of arithmetic that has led him to assert the big day to begin at the end of this month.

If the outage hours really come down, it will be a bolt from the sky shattering the myth that the Nepalis are born cynics. Well, pulling legs is our pastime, the leaders lead the flock to dance to their raucous music. When finding out the basis of the deprivation of full power supply to run our homes, offices, factories has to be the priority, the responsible are just shuffling the cards to get hold of the lucky ace. The people suffer but power politics never sees any power cut. A fitting time to watch the fun of politics getting load shedding by its throat.