“Papa, see this four year course in chemistry with medicinal chemistry as a specialization”, Parisa chirped cheerfully to her father as she showed her phone to Mr. Hari Prakash Joshi who was sitting in his garden. She had opened the Website of Imperial College, London where her best friend was planning to apply for her higher studies. The cool breeze was blowing at six o’ clock in the evening of a Wednesday.

The retired brigadier looked at his daughter suspiciously as he asked a matter of fact, “So, who is going there?”

With an innocent smile plastered on her face, Parisa said, “Papa, umm… the admissions are open and… and…...