India, Sept. 17 -- A few months ago, I was introduced to an Italian lady who is a big India lover and visits our country every few months. It was her last night in India and as is routine these days, we exchanged social media handles and started following one another on Instagram. So far so banal.

It was only on her next visit to India that her Insta handle came to life - and gave me pause to stop and reexamine my own life. She was in Delhi for a few days before heading off to Rajasthan and her Instagram was full of images of the city that I live in. But these were not images of Humayun's Tomb or Sunder Nursery or even Lodi Garden. These were pictures of ordinary life, the kind that we take for granted in the place we call home. There wa...