Beta, I see they’re selling .xxx domains now — like putting a red light board on every street. At Neetu’s Nest, the young girls who come for parties show me these things on their phones, and I tell them, “Bas, keep your eyes on your own recipe book.” The state should study the data first: does it reduce harm or just make it easier to stumble into? I don’t want my basil plant next to a drain, yaar — same for kids and the internet.

My regular Geeta aunty came today with such bad roots, yaar, and her son in Mumbai sent some article clipping about new parenting styles. I said, "Bas, aunty, colour pe dhyan do. That boy won't come back to look after you later, na?" We laughed but my heart felt heavy. Raising children here, sending them away... then who tends the tulsi plant?