After lunch, the men (and increasingly, the women) sit with cups of cutting chai . This is where real decisions are made. It is not a meeting; it is an open-air forum. Stories are swapped—who got promoted, whose child failed the board exams, whose saree was too expensive. In the Indian family lifestyle , your news is never truly your own. It belongs to the collective.
Based on the findings of this report, the following recommendations are made: After lunch, the men (and increasingly, the women)