Power….
...I wish this was a cruel April Fools joke. Nope, this is the power cut schedule my Mum just sent me, for tomorrow in Sri Lanka. Power cuts in the Tropics mean stifling heat and mosquitoes, on top of not being able to work from home, and petrol prices being so high that many can't 'escape' to a cafe.
13+ hours a day of (mostly) scheduled power cuts is no joke.
A lot of my network may not know what is happening in Sri Lanka, because of the lack of media coverage. Sri Lanka is currently undergoing its worst economic crisis, and that is saying a lot from a country that endured a 29 year civil war, a devastating tsunami, terrorist attacks and a global pandemic to top it all off.
Sri Lanka herself is still a paradise island, one which I call home. Politics, corruption, nepotism and mismanagement aside, this is truly one of the most special places in the world to me and all I can do is watch from the other side of the world. Very thankfully, with power.
Check out the links in the comments below to read more. I'll admit that I don't follow the news regularly but hear daily from my friends and family.
