By choice I do not avail the stand-by genset for my living quarter at home. The black-outs make me think. Thinking about personal and national black holes is not exactly sadistic. It is highly rewarding, as it is not for the faint – hearted.

Russians are very peculiar in trying times. They say: “Chem Khuzhe – tem luchshe”. Simply selected, it translates: “The worst – the better!

The Jews go a step down or up as you may deem judicious. I repost as thus: “the economic recession that hit Eastern Europe in the late 1920’s caused great hardship, and starvation menaced the renowned yeshiva of Ponevezh in Lithuania. Their religious flour, there is no Torah”. Since there was no electricity there, hence there accustomed to mould candles from bee-wax for their Sabbath dinners.

Some of them survived on tyedakas from better-off people. This is Prof. Yitzhak Buxbaum has recorded in his “research” book.

Both the aforestated aliens happened to have abundance of potable water supply then and even in the 21st century.

Noire Afrique countries 18 in number comprised the north-west territory of Africa. The have been French colonies and speak French. They also accept the derogatory identity being Noire: black.

In 1970’s they suffered a terrible 7 years drought. One of those countries have been mentioned in Pakistani media. Burkino Baso has been reported to be holding over a hundred Pakistanis, as forced labour serfs. They must have been duped to be delivered to Paris! During and after the distressing drought, this central African country was called: Upper Volta with it capital city name ?? (whaugadoughou)