While the working adults and students are away, a unique micro-economy brings residential neighborhoods to life. The Indian domestic lifestyle relies heavily on a vibrant network of local vendors and helpers.

Quick showers, "Chai" (tea) with biscuits/almonds, and packing "tiffins" (lunch boxes).

Dinner is arguably the most sacred hour of the day. It is rarely a solitary event or a meal eaten out of boxes in front of individual screens.

Indian family systems, collectivistic society and psychotherapy