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Sundays were reserved for family outings and relaxation. The Sharma family would often visit a nearby park or go on a short trip to a nearby hill station. They would spend the day exploring new places, playing games, and enjoying quality time together.

This is the great Indian contradiction: a culture that worships family but has no time for family dinner. Everyone lives together, yet they orbit in separate digital galaxies. The dining table is a relay station—one person eats, another takes the plate, a third wipes it.

India is the world’s most populous nation, soon to overtake China. But it is not individuals that make this number. It is families. Every statistic—poverty, literacy, health, happiness—is first experienced within four walls.

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