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In his authoritative history of the Crusades, the distinguished scholar Sir Steven Runciman sums up with the following remark: "Throughout the ages there have always been hopeful politicians who believe that if only the peoples of the world could come together they would love and understand each other. It is a tragic delusion."

It is sad for the travelling public that the Indian civil aviation ministry has never succumbed to this delusion. They assiduously manage to keep people of the world apart. Normally this is achieved by ensuring that there is no air service between India and its neighbours, or if a service is forced upon them, it should be so cumbersome that no one wishes to fly on that route.

So at least it seems to the traveller who wishes to proceed from Delhi to Tehran. First it turns out that there is no daily