Gita’s Luchis

When our children were about to turn seven and four years old, now more than ten years ago, we spent a month living in a friend’s mother’s apartment (she was away at the time) in Kolkata (Calcutta), in a neighborhood called Ballygunge. In that month we had a very good time exploring the city and the region. Our kids also had a very good time because of the extra attention that came their way from the three other adults—Joy, Gita, and Shanatan—with whom we shared the house. The kids were kin