'You ok?' my host asks, after the initial want of dismissing the matter, I start to narrate my story in full - the reason for planning this trip was to find my hidden ludo game-set, which I hoped, I had buried under the big mango tree behind the village school. But unfortunately when I searched for it, I couldn't find it. My whole reason for coming here seemed futile.

As I stopped my narration I try to find the reason for opening this easily in-front of him -...