I was waiting for the lift. Next to me was a child in a pram, chaperoned by his grandmother. The child was staring at the display screen near the lift, and the grandmother, after a while, said, "TV dekh raha hai?"

That's when I looked up and realised that the child was looking at the TV screen. I came in front of the pram and started talking to the child. The child left the TV screen immediately and started focusing on me.

The lift came and both of us entered. We continued chatting - the child and I. When their floor came, the pram and the grandma exited, but the child's eyes remained glued to me.

it was a simple thing to happen - a neighbour chatting with a child in a pram. It has been done to my child by strangers so many times.