Starting from the early age, speed has been a great fascination. Given dad was a math teacher, I wanted to become a mathematician when I was at school (though I’m not sure even now what mathematicians do). I still remember the quote that fascinated me the most \u201cspeed and accuracy is the motto of the mathematician<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next experience with speed is when I heard about the Shatabdi express from Chennai to Bangalore. Supposed to be king of all trains. Though we couldn’t afford to travel in this train, it used to be the most exciting 10 seconds when we are standing in Perambur station (a small station which Shatabdi doesn\u2019t even respect to slow down) and the train just zooms past in less than 7 seconds and shaking the whole station as it leaves past. I could totally imagine the train looking back and giving that pity look at all of us. Not the same train, but you get the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n