With Mumbai done, and Siya's bedroom, the next had to be the place where Nanni and Ravi, the mother and maternal uncle grew up.

I will try and give the idea of that location, the outskirts of a metropolis that was yet like a village.

Just a pencil outline one scene that is etched in my memory, although I may not use it in the book itself. A bit of the foreground is in sharp and rich detailing.

Jyo