And then there are those debts that are beyond words. This book could not have been written without the love, warmth, and good cheer of Jagat Pal Chopra and Urvashi Chopra, Rahul Chopra and Maya Dodd, Govind Shahani and Roshan Shahani, and Nishant Shahani. It is my regret that Mataji and Pitaji, Nana and Nani, and Amma did not live to see this book.
Most of all, for everything, I thank Gitanjali Shahani.
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Parts of this book were first published in the following sources. I am grateful to the publishers for kindly granting me permission to include these materials here.