Shoppers beware - and will we have water

Two things here.

First thing:
Heather went to a fairly high-end shop that sells furniture, bedding, curtains, etc. and bought a couple lamps. They didn't come with bulbs, so Murthy went out and got some. Our nanny Manika put them in the lamps and plugged them in.

I came home and was looking at one of the lamps and saw some plastic connectors on the cord. Closer inspection showed a switch had been removed! And the bare wire just twisted together! It seems you *always* have to inspect your purchases before you leave.

Now Heather will be going back to get them to make an 'exception' to their no returns policy.



As it came from the store



The other lamp didn't seem to have any problems.



Second item: As far as we can tell from the paper, Bangalore will be without water for the next 3 days. There is a major public works event in progress to connect the city feed at a different location. As the paper says 'Most areas in the city will be deprived of drinking water in the next three days'.

The neighborhood we are in has 'bore well water' so we should have water. 'Make sure to boil and use it.'

There are a couple concerning things about this event though;
1) The paper says the upgrade is the 28th-30th, the sheet we got says 26-28th. They are still watering the lawns here in Palm Meadows...what water shortage?
2) Parallel connections? You might expect construction to be complete, then just flip a switch/lever?
3) The bridge on my way to work was supposed to be complete in August, then October, now January... I hope the 3 days is a conservative estimate.