En Route

 I recently heard that a few of my friends had never eaten chaat on the streets. To say that I was shocked would be an understatement! My first genuine thought was - 'Poor them. They never got to experience what chaat actually tastes like'. Not only this, there are some people whom I know who haven't seen a paper-wala or a doodh-wala in their life. This means it's always been packeted milk their entire life and ... god knows what they do with their newspapers!          I know that many traditions have been lost over the years. Though these would be called occurrences rather than traditions, there are some experiences that you ought to have experienced if you've lived in India your entire childhood. Like riding an auto-rickshaw, thinking that cricket is the only sport that exists until you're ten years old, thinking that you would be 'cool' if you could do an accent(and then terribly fail at it), going to tuitions, debating whether your mom will use ...

                                                                                                                                A musical film named Cinderella was released recently and it had an impact on me. The film taught us many lessons and broke many stereotypes, some of which are:  You reap the fruit of the plant you sow.                 In the story, the fairy godmother magically appears but the film showed us how Ella's kindness in saving the caterpillar resulted in her getting help from the godmother.  Determination  Ella was determined to make a life for herself, on her own - emphasis on 'on her o...