Blackout beauty
And here was me, a ‘Third Worlder’ in a dark, sweaty, yet swanky New York, revelling on how Thomas Alva Edison, not death, is the world's (or indeed, life's) greatest leveller. And it is really that simple.
Einstein, quizzed on what weapons was World War III likely to be fought with, admitted, I know not with what weapons WW III will be fought. But World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Before, I never fully grasped what he meant. Now I do.
· I survived the Blackout. August 14, 2003 AD [MidDay ]