This little book tackles some weighty subjects. Two stand out. A third is interwoven into the stream of events. Now that's a tall order for a 185-page book, and it causes some problems. But the cremation is too much.
Indian families go home after the funeral rituals, returning in the morning for the ashes.
I react to the thought of some reader meeting India and things Indian for the first time in this way. It is an uncomfortable addition to an already long list of negative stereotypes about India. Even though I didn't like what the author took me through, I'm ready now to believe that if Jeffrey can't do everything, he can endure anything. And that leads us to the unbelievable, for which I am ready to forgive the author. It is refusal to comply with injustice, but it is more than just stubborn refusal.