New life in India

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Pondichery, South East India, 2030.

Life had returned to normal after the cataclysm and everyone had work to do either rebuilding or exploiting the meteor fragments and the precious metals they contained.

It was a real gold mine for the electronics companies. But all this work was also attracting immigrants from nearby Sri Lanka, and this soon led to ethnic conflicts between Muslims and Hindus. The most active were from the Matoule ethnic group. The worst were those who had pledged allegiance to Boko Haram.

Their main sources of income were mass kidnapping and security racketeering.

One village did not "pay" its tribe, so massacres ensued.

Until now this whole region of India was spared, minor conflicts were on islands and did not even make the headlines in the local newspapers.

India is the country of all possible for better or worse.

Most often there was talk of witchcraft crimes in remote villages where poor midwives or herbal healers had been lynched and burned as a result of water contamination and attacks by tigers or elephants that had suddenly gone mad.

But India was evolving into a superpower capable of competing with its terrible neighbor, China.

Sylvia arrived with Brahma, Surish's sister and her two children Ankur and Choudari.

Sylvia thought: "What a beautiful house!".

Her husband was waiting for us on the doorstep. Mr. Shaikh, wearing a turban, lowered his head and the house staff took our luggage away.

Sylvia received another wreath of flowers and it was traditional to hang it at the entrance of her room.

We were greeted with tea and I was shown around the interior.

The house was a family home like many families in India.

There was the patriarch, the elder who managed the finances. All the members of the family had to give half of their salary to the elder father or mother and the money collected was redistributed equitably. This made it possible to develop a family project such as starting a business or paying for education, repairing the family home or saving those who had fallen into misfortune due to illness or loss of income.

This semi-communist system allowed many generations to get by and clans to be created. Some became powerful and even influenced politics.

"Wow, how beautiful my room is," Sylvia exclaimed.

"Wow, how beautiful my room is," Sylvia exclaimed

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The Bengali family was relatively wealthy and this translated into a rather comfortable lifestyle.

Brahma then told me (POV Sylvia) "Your bed is double but it can fold in two and make room for your desk.

All your school stuff is stored in the sliding cupboards and in the garage, your stuff is always in the boxes. We didn't dare to open them to put them away so if you want Ankur and Choudari, your cousins can help you to settle down.

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