Cheryl Hingley

Indian Tears

Touring India was not going to change her life. Winning the $20,000 for the trip had already changed it: she felt lucky for the first time in two years. When it was all right to travel, she’d go to India for laughs. The airline laid no conditions on the tour prize-winner except that the flights had to be Sydney/Delhi and every cent had to be spent in India. Fantastic: she wasn’t after anything cultural or meaningful, it would be one long blast. So the destination wasn’t going to change her—she could have entered a competition for anywhere.