Translated from the Telugu by K. Purushotham. Are you going to cook palm fruit today?” My grandmother’s left hand was in a bandage. Don’t get all worked up and fall ill.” “I’m always healthy because I work hard, naayina. Did our status improve in any way because he called us ‘Harijans’?” Thatha remarked, “Mmey, Pullamma! I may not know everything—after …
