grinning from ear to ear

there is a silly bumpkin in a plane, possibly peering out through probably cheesy islamic arch shaped windows. must be wondering why everything is so grey beneath.. well, that's cause it's london, baybee! little does she know, sleepy as she is just now, having crossed the united states mainland as well as the atlantic in more or less one go, that she has to now stand in an endless line for about 2 hours, to eventually prove (to turbanned and maybe kripaan-ed airport personnel) that she is fit to enter the united kingdom.

now, if we had had immigration 200 years ago, do you think the east india company would have bothered to set up outposts in india? cheeni, japani aur byzantiyon ke saath line me khade rehna padta. so much for the march of white progress.