One of the great pleasures of living and working in Bombay is that you can hail a cab or auto anywhere, anytime. I’ve drunk deep of this pleasure, never feeling the need to get a car when I can get a cab. Lately though, I’ve fallen out of the habit of hailing a cab and into the habit of pressing on an app button.

Perhaps it is the seduction of air-conditioning. Or the reassurance of a guaranteed cab when there’s a flight to catch early in the morning.