"My uncle and my father didn't speak for three years because of a land dispute. But during Diwali, my grandmother sat them both down and forced them to light a diya (lamp) together. 'You are brothers before you are landowners,' she said. They hugged. Land is still disputed, but we ate dinner together." — Sunita, 28, Architect.
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