Setting
The novel is a work of fiction set in the summer of 1977 that draws on real places and events in India. The Patel household's discussions of the political situation refer to historical events. Pondicherry is a former French colony in India. It does have an Indian Coffee House and Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Garden has a toy train track. The garden does not have a zoo, and while it did have one in the 70s it never had animals bigger than deer. The Botanical Garden does have a small aquarium. Munnar, the destination for the Patel family's vacation, is a small but popular hill station in Kerala. Madurai, also referenced in the novel, is a popular tourist and pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu.
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