Guess what?? It takes only an umbrella to make one look like a fool!! Of course, not any umbrella.... it has to be this particular umbrella - the umbrella of my kid's kindergarten days. And, it's not like this umbrella always had such a lowly status....... You know, there's this school near home. Not so long ago, when the kid was about 2-3, one of her favourite routines was to wave out to the school-going kids - every morning & evening. Since she had learnt how to open the gate, I'd linger around, keeping an eye. Pretty soon, both of us knew all the kids who passed by, by their names! It was during the rainy season, when this routine continued, that the kid noticed - while we held big, black umbrellas, the school-goers held small, colourful ones. She wanted a colourful brolly, and, well, we decided to humour her. One of the greatest disadvantages of living in a small town is that, often, one has no choice but to buy what the shopkeeper has. And, I