I can see the sun rising at 4:40 in the morning upon the Andaman Islands. One would think that is an ungodly hour (not for me personally).
But Port Blair is oddly up and about. The way Madras would be at around 6:30 am. And Bangalore a little later.
While the Andaman Islands have the same time zone as the mainland. In reality, they are probably 60 to 90 mins ahead of us.
And it shows. When people eat. How active they are. When businesses start prepping for the day. Just how awake a place is. The sun decides the course of the day.
You can see the sun set at 5 pm. People ready for dinner by 6:30 pm and it’s not forced. It’s just living life under the sun. Or without it.
When you see the widespread dissonance between time and light, you understand exactly how smashing ourselves with artificial light and device backlights could be messing with our body’s sense of what needs to get done when.
We are actively messing with time and natural light to get things done, pointless entertainment or just for cheap thrills. Question is do we fully understand how this choice impacts us.
