Mounika has boarded a train, the Dakshin Express, for the first time in her life. The special general compartment that was arranged for her and 80 fellow students does not have sleeper berths. So Mounika and her friends will have to endure a gruelling 36 hours without sleep. But the sheer excitement of travelling to New Delhi, the national capital, and securing admission into Miranda House, one of India’s most sought-after colleges, has. . .