utter helplessness and rumour mongering

yesterday was by far the most interesting sunday ive had in years.as everyone living in Pakistan knows we collectively suffered a power breakdown yesterday afternoon leading into the evening..for the folks up in NWFP it must have been so much worse cos they obviously had to fast one day before the rest of us..the breakdown kind of messed up their iftari plans..wow but what propensity do we have to spread rumours..all of a sudden the world was falling apart...tarbela's been bombed...lahore's ring road is getting electrical poles set up..no...regime change..PPP's in power..American invasion...nuclear installations and grid stations have been taken out...musharrafs had a heart attack...well for a couple of hours pakistani imaginations especially those belonging to the "chattering classes" had run amok.
for a few hours not having any electricity meant not having access to information and that made me feel utterly helpless..made me think how we've become so hooked and dependent on mordernity..if theres a slight hiccup that lasts a bit more than a hiccup should we kick into panic mode ..i guess its the day and age..war on terror/political instability...khair thank god for modernity cos i was able to use the internet on my cell to finally check out geo and see what the hullabollo was all about..we sure do live in interesting times..

ramzan mubarik y'all!!