An interesting family history that reveals some about the modern India and the caste system. This book focuses mostly on the lives of the author's mother and her uncles. It starts with her collecting the family stories and adding to her own history. She is trying to beat the clock, her elderly relatives are dying off. One uncle was a revolutionary poet and communist. He lead some resistance activities but never mastered caring for himself. His followers, siblings, then wife had to shave him and help him put on his clothes. He devotes his life to the cause and influences his family to do so as well. In between, daily life happens, people work, marry, fight and reconcile. Kids are born and jobs are done. I found this to be a remarkable book and about a time and place that is foreign to me.
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