Nice to see others who watched it too have the same thoughts like I did.  BTW, Rythm and world map, did you know that Abhishek Bachan (for Gogol's role) and Rani Mukherjee (for Ashima's role) were Mira Nair's original choice??  Am glad this didn't happen as Kal Penn really did justice through the 180 turn he underwent for this role...And c'mon, Rani Mukherjee over Tabu?  That would've sucked BIG tyme!