“Are we really boring you that much?”
She lifted her head slightly to acknowledge Amma’s rhetorical question. Thankfully, her parents did not have an elaborate list of rules for the dining table. While they sometimes threatened to expand the “no screens” rule to “no reading of any kind”, she knew they were only half serious.
She thanked Amma for making her favourite dish – fish curry in yellow coconut gravy with green mangoes, to make it sour. Amma had used a fish fillet, so there were no bones to worry about! Then, Avisha went right back to reading.“At this rate, you will finish this book tomorrow itself,” said Amma.
Avisha wanted to finish it before she went to sleep.
Dear Aparna Ma’am,
I hope this email finds you well. I Googled about you when looking for your email ID. I found out that you are one year younger than my Ammachi. My Ammachi is always complaining about back pain. She finds it tough to climb stairs too. So, I am assuming that you might actually not be very well. I hope this email does not find you too sick.
I learned about your book The House Behind the Mango Tree because my English teacher, Geetha Ma’am, gave us a summer vacation reading list....Read more
