North East November 2025 - Pre Kaziranga
11th November 2025 Departed Chennai by air, mid day. That is a change for me. Fortunately morning routine kept me busy. Air India Express. Had booked Seat 2C. Because of change in aircraft type, that got changed to Seat 5C. Got to the airport. Checkin told me that I was over weight. First time. My daughter was sending Deepavali bakshanam across. Juggled stuff between check in and carry on, to balance weight. Managed successfully to check in without paying extra. Flight was an hour late. At the boarding gate, my seat was changed again, to Seat 6A. Realised later that it was done because Seat 5D was a wheel chair case. Her daughter was a heavily accented nasty, So meek me got pushed. Was served some hot idli, upma and vadai, with sambhar. Good stuff. Flight landed. Overheard Seat 6B tell Seat 6C to wait for wheel chair. I politely asked them to get up and move. Had seen them go to toilet a few times. No way they were disabled. Nor was Seat 5D disabled in any way. Just a means to ju...