Preparing for a long journey

Thanks to the traffic gridlock, the party you're headed for is likely to be ending by the time you get there

There was a stage, in more carefree times, we thought nothing of organising a flask of long island iced tea, or similar, for the long haul from Delhi to Gurgaon, a little something to help us on the long and lonely route that we covered in 45 minutes on a good day, or in an hour on a bad one. Then, as responsible parents of kids who wondered why they weren’t allowed a sip of what was in the thermos that put everyone else in such a good mood, we gave it up altogether. In any case, the traffic had