His meals, his preferences, his conveniences, are of supreme importance to us all. The harder he toils, the better it is for us. He’s unmarried, and we fuss over him such that he’s bound to wonder what additional comfort marriage can bring at his age. He receives all the domestic privileges accorded to the earning male of the family. The first sound in the morning indicating he’s awake, and tea is made. When it’s sensed that he’s finished bathing, the dosa pan goes on the stove. He can fling his clothes in the bathroom or in a corner of his bedroom or anywhere at all in the house, and they’ll
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