I don't think it is a foreigner thing. I have travelled a lot in India as well and I find your statement not representative of the actual ground situation.
Infrastructure sure is not well done but the electricity bit is not true at least from what I have seen.
If you are in a city like New Delhi/Mumbai, most homes/hotels do have reliable power. For rare cuts most have power through power backups.
If you visit remote places, it is definitely worse. They have electrified a lot of places, but power is absent most of the times in the day. Some people rely on solar powered batteries for basic electrification at night. I have never seen a powerline burning though.
In cities there are internet providers which do better than others, so it might have been your luck with some bad provider; but they are not even present in remote places.
LTE based mobile internet has coverage problem in cities with pockets that get bad coverage, otherwise the provider 'Airtel' that I have used while traveling does seem to perform well in cities. Remote places have no coverage from LTE providers as well.
Infrastructure sure is not well done but the electricity bit is not true at least from what I have seen.
If you are in a city like New Delhi/Mumbai, most homes/hotels do have reliable power. For rare cuts most have power through power backups.
If you visit remote places, it is definitely worse. They have electrified a lot of places, but power is absent most of the times in the day. Some people rely on solar powered batteries for basic electrification at night. I have never seen a powerline burning though.
In cities there are internet providers which do better than others, so it might have been your luck with some bad provider; but they are not even present in remote places.
LTE based mobile internet has coverage problem in cities with pockets that get bad coverage, otherwise the provider 'Airtel' that I have used while traveling does seem to perform well in cities. Remote places have no coverage from LTE providers as well.