From PowerGrid of electricity to NatGrid of intelligence, Sushil Kumar Shinde's journey has been one of a consummate survivor. And then, on Tuesday, he managed to emerge from the darkness India plunged into, to land in North Block. If there was amusement at the irony of "power failure leading to high-voltage job", Shinde had colleagues to underline that country never added as much to power capacity during a five-year plan as under the present power minister.