Happened to see the ad jingle for ILead India - made to inspire. Why does this whole Chak De theme become so popular?

Enroute to office came across a jam at a crossing - traffic piling in from all sides, no space anywhere and everyone wanting to get across, reminded me of a swarm of bees just all crowded together. One moment I was a casual observer and the next I was part of the swarm. Just like that.

I've heard that in Mumbai the trains have the same behaviour - perhaps its things like these that distinguish us. The Brits form queues and are orderly at the drop of a hat - no supervision at all, traffic is so orderly out there that one gets paranoid if one sees a car veer slightly off the line - what is it that differs between us and them? I wonder.

We certainly are more colourful politcally than the Brits can ever be, I cannot imagine a Narendra Modi lasting for long in the UK. I say, dear chap, how frightfully blase is this.

Sometimes I wonder what sets us apart as people, then sometimes I feel maybe we are not that different after all. Shooting in a Delhi school kind of let that message sink in.

We're getting there.