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Preface







            Summer, 2017. We decided to spend our annual vacation in
            America. One of the highlights of the trip was meeting my
            extended family. It was pleasant to catch up with first cousins
            whom I had met only sporadically since they had relocated
            from India more than two decades ago. As we watched the
            children happily playing together, we reminisced about
            our own childhood — endless summer vacations, when my
            family and those of my three aunts would descend on my
            grandmother’s house in Delhi, and nine children aged between
            five and fifteen would create complete mayhem.

            Our reunion was progressing as expected, with much gossiping
            about family members who were not present, and yet there was
            an underlying tension that completely escaped me until my
            cousin-sister launched into a long tirade. She began to question




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