Original sentence: Mehta's return to Mumbai as an adult details his frustration with everyday day life in a developing nation.The book culminates in the story of a Jain diamond merchant family who methodically renunciate their material lives and methodically shed their wealth and family ties to spend the rest of their lives as wandering ascetics
Edited sentence: Having become accustommed to the conveniences of American life (eg, running water, sewers, always available power), he must be taught how to scam, cheat and beat a system that doesn't have enough supply to meet the residents' needs.Mehta mentions that Mumbai only has enough water for seventy percent of its population.Mehta's return to Mumbai details his frustration with everyday day life in a developing nation.This is where the book begins to veer from memoir/travelogue to more of a biography of the city itself