New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- I have to say I find the image we used on the cover of the print issue of Mint Lounge this week (cover below), rather amusing. Not so long ago, those "analogue" items were the essentials I carried when I travelled-a map or two, notebook filled with information about what to see and do, sleek Canon digital camera, a guidebook or if you couldn't afford Lonely Planet, xeroxed pages from it. You couldn't Google on the go because international roaming rates were prohibitive and it's probably hard to imagine now, but there were no videos to tell you beforehand whether a place was worth visiting, which made the thrills or the disappointments your own to discover.

Being able to look everything up while on the road is incre...