<b>Geetanjali Krishan:</b> Ode to a home imagined

The author is talking about a dream home

The other day, an uncharacteristically bubbly Seema told me about her plans to spend a month in her village in Jharkhand this summer. “It feels like such an achievement to find a date when 20 of us — my three sisters, their families and a couple of others from the village can travel together,” she said. “At the last minute, one of my sisters said that her son hadn’t got his leave approved from his employer.” They waited until the nephew had his leave sanctioned. After that got sorted out, a cousin announced that she had a wedding to attend