During my childhood days in India, there used to be a lot of excitement in our house whenever an aunt or uncle would drop in from America for a visit. We would listen to their tall tales of luxurious life in America with our mouths open in awe. “The cars, wow, the cars zipping past in smooth traffic!” they would say shaking their heads in amazement, “why, even the sweeper there owns a car”.

Many a time, I would sit in my favorite corner of the house and imagine a man suavely alight from a parked car with a broom in hand to sweep the streets. Now, after a few decades, I am sitting in my favourite chair in my American home and imagining just that, except, it is happening in India Now that we know Tata’s Nano car is equal to the price of an auto in India, it won’t be long before my imagination becomes a reality, right?