Dehradun, March 2 -- Comelina blue agapanthus

Down the years, we have begun to look more and more like a distended octopus. From Haunted House to Cloud End, Mussoorie-Landour is nineteen square miles, and even if you add a minuscule cantonment spread over 1040 acres, we are still small and no big deal. When you go out looking for someone, you find that the locals have named the old cottages after the owner.

Ask for 'Motey-ki-Kothi!' and you'd be in trouble because it could be any old Fatso's house. In cases like this, you have to be more specific about the area. Of course, I am aware that it is most impolite! But that's the way this cookie crumbles. May I suggest you make it easier on yourself by learning to take it with a pinch of salt...