She was our maid, and had been since before I was born, before my parents left our country and moved to Egypt.

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"When my father said they were not in a position to order that day, the salesman lost interest and left, leaving my parents feeling flustered and annoyed that they had been targeted by a company which was using their mobility problems as a sales tool, " said their son, who did not want to be named.

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The book sprang from images I'd actually seen: a man named Vishnu dying on the steps of my parents' apartment building in Mumbai, a cup of tea someone had left lying untouched next to his body.

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But then they left for the West Coast, I moved to New York and got married and my parents entered a nursing home.

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