New York - The City that never sleeps
For the parents who have sent their wards overseas, it is customary to obtain visas to be able to attend the graduation ceremonies. Going by this thumb rule, Sumathi and myself obtained our US visa in March 2017. However, we could not attend the graduation ceremony of Karthik held in May 2017. Since then, USA has been calling us and we were eluding it. Key personalities have limited time for leisurely affairs – Wow, what a thought to have not visited the country earlier. Believe it or not, as the saying goes, it’s better late than never, we finally decided after 2 years to set our foot into the ‘so called’ land of opportunities. Well, it was not to seek opportunity, but to live the moment with our son and of course complete the sight-seeing formality of the most advanced nation in the world. With very limited shopping (for the longest overseas journey), we were all set to leave our motherland with just 2 check-in bags (one medium and one large). ...