Priya

 Meet Priya. Shes declared herself my granddaughter. Shes Anithas niece, and comes to our village every vacation time.

"My mother did not come because she is garbham(pregnant). Only my Akka Pinky and I have come. She is still in Tirupati.

She wants a boy."

"OH. What do you want? ", I asked.

"I want a girl.

Akka wants a girl.

Father wants a girl.

Grandmother wants a girl.

Only Amma wants a boy. "

This was two years ago. Ramya was born. The third child. The darling of the family. And the village.

Warm milk straight from the cow is amrita, elixir, as per Ayurveda.

Hema priya waiting for her glass of milk as her mama, Amaranth, milks the cow.