न कर्त्याचा दिवस

Today was the day to remember. Right from the morning, whatever I tried, it was not to be done.
With no rains in the entire June, Pune is facing acute water shortage. The municipal water supply is in a precarious state. First they announced 20% cut, next 40% cut in water supply. Next, they announced that the water will be supplied (with 40% cut) on alternate days. Yesterday there was no water supply at all. So I was expecting water in the taps today. Since the supply is limited, it remains only for a short time - about two hours only since all the people store water for the day. I put on the alarm and got up at 5:30 a.m. There was no water. I checked at 6:00, at 6:30, again at 7:00. Then again at 7:30. But no, no water in the tap. I wanted to store water for the renovation work that is going on. Those people need a lot of water. As I was checking for water every half an hour I could not continue my sleep.
Then I thought of doing some work on the Internet. The computer refused to start.
After some trials it ultimately started, XP loaded. But could not get broadband connection. The modem developed a snag.
With some efforts I could switch on the modem. I connected to Internet with broadband connection and started Outlook Express to download email. It stopped after downloading about 20 emails out of 176. I disconnected broadband and tried to reconnect it. Suddenly the modem conked off. So no broadband.
Now luckily I have two dial up connections. I first tried VSNL but could not get connection. Then I tried BSNL's NetOne connection. I got the connection but it was very slow. I again tried to download emails using Outlook. About 50 emails were downloaded and the connection broke.
I tried to reconnect when suddenly the telephone became inoperative. No telephone means no dial-up connection. I checked the telephone line. It was dead.
It was about 10 O'clock. The workers came for bathroom work but they could not do any work as there was no water. So they left without doing any work.
There was no point in remaining at home now. So I dressed up and went to the city to Sathe Gadi Karkhana for redoing the mattresses. Sathe told me that the old mattresses cotton is not good for making new mattresses. It is so old that it has lost its softness now. Nothing can be done with this cotton. I told him to return the mattresses and got a rickshaw to go to Aundh, Amita's place.
Just before Bremen Chowk I realized that I forgot the dentures at home. Now it was not possible to go back for the dentures.