Work from home

Few days back one of my friends working in New York said that due to heavy snowfall he was said to work from home. I am desperately waiting for such a culture to be widely accepted among corporates in India. Take the case of heavy rains which happen in Mumbai every monsoon. Even on the worst affected days we are expected to come to office. My job is such that I can easily provide remote support to anyone with my home PC switched on & connected to net via broadband. Though I do have the flexibility to work from home, its unofficial. If I request my seniors to officially permit me to work this way, it wont be accepted. Thats the way it goes right now. Eagerly waiting for the dawn of "work-from-home" era .....