Grounded
This past month has been uniquely different from my last few years as a football consultant in India. T here was a point that I was on an airplane every few weeks visiting a client, trying to secure new business or organizing an event. The drive from my office or apartment in Gurgaon to the Delhi airport, the awkward half-hug goodbyes to my driver and the flurry of elbows I would throw to stop airport line-cutters from achieving success were all weekly norms and, at times, I would get exhausted and wish for just a little bit of a break from the road. Heck even the dosa guy at my favourite South Indian restaurant on the first floor of the domestic airport got to know me by name and also remembered that I love filter coffee with my combo meal but only during morning flights. Well, I finally got what I asked for as I have been “grounded” this past month. Part self imposed and part company imposed as we have all felt that it was time to take a full in...