Fasting, Feasting
In the book's opening pages, what does Uma do while her parents are sitting on the veranda?
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In the novel's opening pages, Uma relates to the housekeeper some of Mama's domestic orders for the day. Afterward, she returns to her parents on the veranda to take dictation from Papa for a letter to be sent to Arun, who is studying at a university in America.
Fasting, Feasting