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SOUTH SUDAN - THE LAND OF RUSTLING OF WINGS AND PEOPLE TALL AND SMOOTH<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
The city of Juba did not have any electric supply. The SIL had their own generators which supplied<br />
electricity round the clock. However, in our university homes they supplied electricity from six in the<br />
evening till 9 in the night. The university provided a refrigerator, but it served no purpose without the<br />
power supply. We simply turned it sideways and used it as a table. The SIL provided storing space<br />
in their refrigerators and freezers for us. Since it was just next door, this was most convenient. I<br />
remember when Ajit going with the SIL people on a hunting trip into the wilderness. They brought an<br />
antelope for us from the kill. It was stored in the SIL refrigerator for weeks.<br />
The electric supply was provided on the campus by the University generator from 6 P.M. To 9 PM only.<br />
They provided electric cookers to cook. For day time cooking we had to rely on wood. Hence we<br />
brought a kerosene stove cooker from India which made cooking easier. The university provided a<br />
supply of kerosene and oil from Khartoum every week.<br />
There were no water supply lines. The university brought water in a truck and filled a large barrel in<br />
the bath room every alternate day. The filtered water was taken from this supply through a siphon<br />
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