" When can I submit my answer sheet ?" I asked the invigilator in the examination hall. First he gave me a look as if saying " I can see on your stupid face that you don't know anything and will never qualify this exam ". Finally after a pause he said " Not before 11:00 hrs, madam ". It was just 10:25 and that meant I had to wait for full 35 mins. I decided to flip through the question paper and recheck all the answers I had marked. Then I looked at the watch and it said 10:45. The thought ran through my mind "Oh my God! How will I get the tickets?" I was in Aligarh on that day, which was 21st or 22nd June 2001, the release date of 'Lagaan'. The reason for my being in Aligarh was the All India Entrance Examination for M.Sc. (Biotechnology). Giving company to me was my poor brother who was sitting somewhere in the University campus while I was answering and re-answering the question paper. I had full confidence that no matter how we...