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'This memoir begins in a somewhat shriveled corner of the world—Kolkata and a little boy, young Chris Raja, who is learning the meaning of his surname. The reason Rajatnaram has been shortened to Raja is simple enough. It was a hard name for the people at the convent to pronounce, and so Chris's grandfather changed it to make it easier on them. It is not Chris's parents who are telling the seven-year-old boy the origins of his surname. Rather, an auntie, who is in the middle of spilling a bunch of other family secrets, feels like telling this one as well. Chris's father only comes out in the middle of the scene, to interrupt: "What are you saying?" he asked. "Some things are best left alone" (5).' (Introduction)
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