India’s massive blackout is just the beginning

The British—slightly less than a thousand of them—used to govern India. Without air-conditioning. Conan O’Brien was not the only one who watched the London Olympic opening ceremonies with amazement. “Hard to believe my ancestors were conquered by theirs,” he tweeted. Every Indian watching must have been thinking the very same. Until their TVs went dark. The recent power outage in India interested me more than the Olympics.

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