Between the ages of 4 and 7, my family travelled back to Malaysia once a year to visit my grandparents and other relatives.
One of the few memories I have from these trips is waking up early in the morning to drink milo and watch the cartoon, Tom and Jerry, with my uncle. We had an hour to ourselves each morning laughing at the cat trying to catch the mouse, and Jerry outsmarting Tom at every turn.
I was reminded of this memory because our hotel here in Delhi has a TV outside the lifts on each floor, all of them playing Tom and Jerry on a loop. Each time I arrive at the lifts, I smile and chuckle at whatever plan Jerry has devised to catch Tom out.
I don’t know why this hotel placed TVs outside the lifts, nor do I know why they chose Tom and Jerry as the content to play on repeat, but I’m glad they did.