“The postman,” Radha added, “delivers a thirty-night supply at the beginning of each month.” “And the babies don’t arrive?” “Only those we want. Nobody has more than three, and most people stop at two.” “With the result,” said Ranga, reverting, with the statistics, to his pedantic manner, “that our population is increasing at less than a third of one percent per annum. Whereas Rendang’s increase is as big as Ceylon’s—almost three percent. And China’s is two percent, and India’s about one point seven.”
