Preface

It’s a long way from where we live in Toronto to the Subcontinent. If we fly through Europe, it takes us eight hours to get to Frankfurt, then two hours of layover, and then another eight hours to Mumbai (Bombay) or Delhi. Sometimes we fly west, across the Pacific, then through Thailand, and it takes six to eight hours longer. Either way, it’s a long trip, and though we get tired on the airplane, there’s a part of us that likes its being long, and likes being a little bit uncomfortable. When we’re in the airplane trying to find yet another awkward position in which to sleep, we’re reminded that, yes, the Subcontinent is a long way from where we live, it’s halfway around the world!