The quintessential Indian image has long been the —multiple generations living under one roof: grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and children. While urbanization has popularized the Nuclear Family (parents and children), the ethos of the joint family still dictates lifestyle choices.

The apartment has a second bedroom that no one sleeps in. It stores wedding saris, old school trophies, and a treadmill used as a clothes rack. When the American-returned nephew visits, he insists on a hotel. The mother cries for two hours. The father says, "Let him. The hotel has WiFi." The nephew books the hotel, but eats every single meal at home.

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