Over the weekend, I left Mumbai on Western Express Highway heading towards Pune, when I decided to stop at a comfort station.

The first toilet was occupied, so I went into the second one. I was no sooner seated than I heard a voice from the next toilet:

"Hi, how are you doing?"

Well, I am not the type to chat with strangers in highway comfort stations, and I really don't know quite what possessed me, but anyway, I answered, a little embarrassed: "Not bad."

And the stranger said: "And, what are you up to?"

Talk about your dumb questions! I was really beginning to think this was too weird! So I said: "Well, just like you I am driving to Pune?"

Then, I heard the stranger, all upset, say: "Look,I'll call you right back, there is some idiot in the next toilet answering all the questions I am asking you. Bye!"