Once upon a time, someone sneezed before leaving home. On another day, someone else sneezed before someone else was leaving. Both met with such legendary misfortune that an entire generation decided sneezing before departure was bad luck — for you, for them, for everyone within earshot. Nobody remembers what exactly went wrong that day, only that ever since, we’ve been holding our breath before stepping out. In our society, of which’s norms and rules I learnt while growing up, has a lot of rules that you are not told of, but you are definitely scolded for not adhering to them. If I have to tell you some, they are: You cannot cut your nails on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; don’t sweep after dark; avoid walking under the ladders, breaking mirrors, or opening umbrellas indoors; and please keep an eye out for black cats. Maybe some poor soul did all that on the same day and had a terrible week and that was enough for the elders to consider these actions cursed forever. Weird enough ho...