One of the most poignant comes from a Bangalore joint family. Every night, the youngest child—a six-year-old—distributes the chach (buttermilk) glasses. He gives the biggest glass to the gardener who lives in the back room, and the smallest to the family dog. No one corrects him. That is the beauty of the Indian home—hierarchy exists, but so does anarchy within love.
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