Well, I am back in Bangalore, after a nerve-wracking trip back from Berlin.
When I set out from Berlin, I was worried to death for a number of reasons:
Due to the G8 meet in Berlin, security at the airports was reported to be unbelievably high.
And I was worried because not only was my baggage overweight, but I was going to be carrying TWO large pieces of handbaggage – my laptop bag/rucksack (that weighs 8 kilos when packed for a long trip), and my new guitar which (as I had already mentioned) looks an assault rifle when disassembled and packed. 
Read on – this is a long story.