As a country, even if India is rapidly moving towards  complete electrification,  uninterrupted access to electricity looks like a really distant dream. Millions face erratic power cuts every day. Several cities face up to 40 hours of power cut every month. Villages are adversely affected by the power shortage even more. The life comes to a standstill the moment that bulb goes out. Cooking, studying, playing - the simplest of things - become a struggle in the dark. 
The most widespread weapon to the beat the darkness in the country is guess what - a candle and a matchbox. It's light is just enough light to see a silhouette of a face or focus on one letter at a time in a book after straining your eyes significantly. But that's what they've known to make-do with for years, and other better alternatives like diesel generators prove to be more costly than what they can afford.