For three weeks prior, the house is unrecognizable. The grandmother is polishing silver puja thalis. The mother is fighting with the local electrician to fix the fairy lights. The children are trying to figure out which firecracker is the loudest.
Traditionally, this includes grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins all living in a haveli (mansion) or a sprawling flat. While modern urban India is shifting toward nuclear setups, the spirit of the joint family remains. Even if the son lives in a different city, the mother still video calls him at 7 AM to remind him to drink turmeric milk.
The daily life stories of an Indian family are rarely dramatic movie plots. They are small: a shared chai in the rain, a father pretending not to cry at his daughter’s graduation, a grandmother sneaking the grandchild 100 rupees because the mother said no.
The group is called: " The Sharma Family & Co. "
When the mother is angry at the father, she doesn't say it. She just doesn't put the extra dollop of ghee on his chapati . He knows he is in trouble. When the teenage daughter is upset with her grandmother, she stops coming out of her room. The grandmother then sends the grandfather to knock on the door with a plate of bhujia (snacks). The snack is the apology.
