The Grand Trunk Road, the old spinal highway of India, was once the mainstay of exchanging culinary traits between borders. Much of it can still be experienced on a road trip
If any route on the map is imprinted in my genes, it is the drive from Delhi to Mussoorie, though many of the landmarks I remember have disappeared and the highway is now six or eight lanes of high-speed traffic
When Dil Chahta Hai was released in 2001, it distilled ‘coolness’ into two tangible aspirations: the Bombay–Goa pilgrimage and driving a luxury automobile. But maybe some things are better off left as just that aspirations