Family Matters

by Rohinton Mistry

‘Let the dead Past bury its dead,’

‘Act – act in the living Present!’

Longfellow’s

Housewifery is a most important calling,

requiring umpteen talents. Without housewife there is no home; without home, no family. And without family, nothing else matters, everything from top to bottom falls apart or descends into chaos. Which is basically the malady of the West.

kusti prayers: manashni, gavashni, kunashni – good thoughts, good words, good deeds …