New Delhi, Oct. 23 --

I had no compelling reasons to decide on Alleppey as my weekend getaway. This trip with my bosom buddy Navina came about by accident, it was certainly not my intention to travel to a place ravaged by floods. Life doesn't go always as planned and so as vacations. As the Alleppey Express started rolling, so many things I had heard and read about Alleppey and its beauty kept my mind occupied. Soon, three women comprising of a mother and her two twin daughters occupied the seat opposite us. Their conversation flowed effortlessly, exactly how they wanted it to be. Within an hour they had enlightened me on who had problems with whose mother-in-law and stratagems to outwit everybody classified under the kingdom "in-laws"....