often, it starts as a quite simple realization. imagine, for a moment, that you are standing on a mumbai road on a rainy day. you notice the large number of motor scooters snaking precariously in and out around the cars. as look more closely, you see that most bear whole families both parents and several children. your fist thought might be "that's crazy" or "that's the way it is in developing countries people get by as best they can