I Nearly Missed India Twice But One Friend Kept It Alive

Send us Fan Mail I thought I was heading to India for a straightforward visit and a deeper work catch-up. Instead, I walked into a travel nightmare that started with one brutal question at the check-in desk: “Where’s your e-visa?” What follows is a real-time lesson in airport rules, name mismatches, and the kind of stress that makes you question your own competence. At one point my bag gets pulled off the plane, I’m turned away, then I’m cleared, then I’m blocked again at 4:45am on no sleep. ...