Eating butter chicken at 32,000 feet

Away from the routines of home, Mum and Dad can be totally different people

On the first business class trip of his life at age 87, my father, a vegetarian, decided to eat chicken.

Travel, in case of some parents, is a way of recapturing their younger selves(Istock)

When the stewardess came around to get drinks orders, my mum, a devout Hindu, asked for “sweet white wine”

A snapshot of Shoba’s parents flying business class for the very first time (Shoba Narayan)