Deekra, a life is made up of more than your immediate family, she wanted to say to him. It is made up of all the people around you—your neighbors, even the ones you can’t stand; your friends, whom you’ve known longer than you had known your husband; Sunil, the milkman who cheats by adding water to the milk he delivers to your doorstep; Krishna and Parvati, the homeless couple across the street; Shiva, the legless beggar who frantically wheels the skateboard he sits upon toward you to greet you with a smile; Rohit, the bhaiya who sells the freshest bhelpuri in town; Hansu, the servant who has
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