"You miss this, don't you?" Rohan asked, gesturing at the chaos outside. The paanwala was arguing with a vegetable vendor. A dog was sleeping on a sack of potatoes.

"She also said you'd pretend you don't like mithai but to add an extra gulab jamun to the bag because you'd eat it on the way home."

: Historically, many Indians live in joint families where multiple generations—parents, children, and spouses—share a single household.