God is everywhere, says Amma. He is in every living creature. God has many faces, many forms, male and female, human and animal, and forms we cannot imagine. This is why we do not hurt people, or harm animals. Why we do not eat meat. God’s wisdom is in paper and books. So we do not disrespect them or touch them with our feet. God is everywhere. And I believe it, because I hear God in Daddy’s humming as he shaves, feel God in Daddy’s kiss good night, smell God in the silk of Amma’s sari, see God reflected in her shining eyes, and taste God in the spicy, sweet, piping hot food we eat together.
I knew how I wanted to end the book before I wrote it, and I knew it would echo this poem.
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