Kathmandu, Sept. 20 -- We all want to grow up and then we do. It's not a really great feeling, is it, if you think about it? Suddenly everything that was once taken care of for you, you have to do by yourself. It sometimes feels like you are all you have. Growing up and 'becoming an adult' can be so disturbing, though we often don't realize it till there's nothing we can do about it.

My heart ached a little when in college there was no one to ask me what I wanted for breakfast. I had to make do with the greasy parathas and yogurt they served at the hostel canteen. I often remembered my mother pestering me to eat freshly cooked puri-tarkari or made me masala-omelet and toast when I didn't feel like eating anything heavy.

We take it for g...