It is always a pleasure to visit Bengaluru, which my cool niece Shuchi simply calls "'luru". It is the land of tiffin, Horlicks barfi, button idlis, bullet idlis, CC bath (chow chow bath, that's upma and sheera), "chill madi" (take it easy) and more.

Last week, I was in Bengaluru as my sister, Sarayu Kamat, was exhibiting her paintings at the Chitrakala Parishath in a group show. Our mum Indu had once enrolled her in an art class there when we were kids, so it is remarkable for her, a banker, to return there as, ahem, an artist. There were also cousins to catch up with, and a childhood friend Suresh's daughter's wedding.