Between 1 PM and 3 PM, the house finally naps. The maid has come and gone (and quit, then came back). The milkman has delivered the pouch. For exactly 45 minutes, the house is silent. But is anyone resting? No. Papa is watching the stock market on his phone, Mom is watching a Korean drama on the iPad, and Dadi is on a video call with the cousin in America. "Rest" in India means switching from physical work to digital chaos.

Some of the key highlights of our new series include:

In Western homes, you set an alarm. In an Indian home, you have Amma . She doesn't need a clock. She wakes up with the sun, clanks the steel vessels in the kitchen, and mutters, “Utha beta, der ho rahi hai” (Wake up son, it’s getting late). By 6 AM, the sound of the pressure cooker whistling is our national anthem.