<b>Mitali Saran: </b>A bridge too far

Or at least very late

Everyone will tell you: It’s important to make a good impression. The world treats you better if you dress well, speak well, don’t smell, are punctual and reliable, and don’t make a spectacle of yourself. Boy, has that ship sailed. I once made a half-hearted attempt to catch up with it by buying new jeans, but some doors never reopen. The only good impression I make is on the putty that dentists use to make dental moulds.

In a December 2006 instalment of this column, I promised not to write any more columns about my teeth. But that was