Today was the day of our long journey home. I always think that one must be truly semi-detached if one can endure occasions such as these: firstly having to reach the airport in the searing Indian heat; the tedious three hour wait at the airport; being cooped up in a cramped seat for nine hours; tolerating the baby crying and trying to ignore your neighbour’s elbows and finally the last leg of the journey on the tube home.

If, at the end of all this one can retain their sanity then they are truly enlightened.