He took a breath. “Dadi… aap… bahut achchi hain.”

“What did you say?” Dadi asked in Hindi.

“Beta, paani laana ,” Dadi would say. Rohan would just smile blankly.

“Your inheritance,” his mother whispered with a wink.

“Namaste, aap kaise hain?” English: “Hello, how are you?”

“What’s this?” Rohan asked.