India, Dec. 14 -- The most humbling of moments in my life have been those in which unexpectedly (or even predictably) I managed to fumble, beyond reparation. These moments occur to all of us, but from some we expect them to recur very often; from others, never.

The most hilarious instances therefore are those wherein there is a sudden reversal of form, so to say, and a particularly guarded personality goofs up in no uncertain terms! Someone like Rahul Dravid for example. When he let out an almighty yell at being "jammed" in from all angles on a Bangalore street, albeit in an advertisement, we found it so uncharacteristic that we guffawed a lot.

An elderly family member, who's always been looked up to, and who's been impeccably correct i...