Heart and soul: 'Fake foreign tourist' wins over new friends with a song in their language

Passenger train at New Delhi railway station. Photo: 123rf

It was my daughter’s first journey to India. Apart from the usual tourist sites, we had visited family and friends and were about to return home.

Still basking in the warmth of the preceding days, we boarded the New Delhi-bound train from Aligarh on a cold winter morning. Helpful porters rushed us into the train, along with our belongings, as it had stopped only for a few minutes.