I have been in Bombay for a week now. Traffic snarl-ups are a reality of life here, and enterprising hawkers flog magazines to passengers caught in traffic jams.

According to my wife, one of the publications they sell is “ee-keya” – Ikea catalogs. The thing is, Ikea does not (yet) have a presence in India. What people do is buy the catalog, then ask their carpenters to reproduce the furniture therein. It seems Ikea design is quite prestigious here…