Two worlds apart

Vikram Das and Jinny Thomas are two worlds apart. They have never met each other. And yet they are connected to each other. This was first published in Tamarind Rice's September 2013 issue in my column "An Appletini A day...". Click the picture to read the entire magazine for free.  Jinny Thomas is seven years old. She lives in an quaint little village within God's own country. She is the last to wake up in her house and goes to school reluctantly, tagging along with h...