By 6:00 AM, the household rhythm had set in. Savitri was in the kitchen, muttering about the price of tomatoes while stirring a kadhai of poha for breakfast. Her father-in-law, Mr. Sharma, sat on the balcony swinging leg in a lungi, reading the newspaper aloud—headlines about politics mixed with complaints about the neighbor’s creeping bougainvillea.
Kavita, 29, Ahmedabad