This is the Indian family lifestyle. It is chaos. It is love. And it is the greatest story ever told, repeated every single day.

Here is the micro-story of a typical Indian dinner:

The son in America still calls his mother at 4 AM his time (6 PM India time) to ask how to make tadka for the dal . The family group chat on WhatsApp is a battleground of forwards, fake news, and Good Morning sunrise images. The "Indian family lifestyle" has simply gone digital.

At 7:30 AM, a small drama unfolds. The wife opens her husband’s lunchbox to inspect the previous day’s leftovers. If he has eaten everything, she feels a surge of victory. If he has left the bhindi (okra), she frowns, muttering about his cholesterol.