Mumbai: Some of the heaviest check-in bags that go into the belly of an aircraft belong to students, flying abroad for education. Books and clothes apart, every gram worth of free baggage allowance is judiciously used to pack in gastronomical armour needed to fight those ghar-ka-khana cravings that come with full force in a foreign land. For some, it takes the shape of boxes of mangoes, for others it is desi ghee, pickles and all. And the pressure cooker apparently gets preference over books.
These were some of the findings that came out in a survey done by an airline to figure out the choices and preferences of Indian students travelling abroad for college education. The most surprising revelation was the annual enquiries that come in during the mango season. "Every year students are keen to find out the maximum quantity of mangoes they can check in," said the survey done by UK-based Virgin Atlantic.
28/07/11 Times of India
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