“It never strikes twice, so you stand outside first”

I turn on the laptop in the hotel room in Melbourne and there’s a headline – “Siege still ongoing in Mumbai” with all kinds of not very nice looking pictures of general chaos. Trying not to panic the Sheila I turn on BBC World News and get more of the same. As we’re both sitting there watching it all (having slept through the first ten hours) we both decide that we’re still keen continue staying in India. The grab hand of Fate plucks you out when it will so no sense in worrying. Besides, this puts it all in perspective.