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I grew up in a joint family, by that I mean

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my father--they were...nine brothers and three sisters.

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All my father's brothers, those who were in town,

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stayed in the same house. We had a wonderful experience

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because when you came from school, one of the aunts

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will be on duty who will make sure you got your milk

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and two cookies and--and then they were tyrant

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who make sure you did your homework.

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It was a three-story house, in my younger days we were on the

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third story. There were sort of two rooms and boys

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and girls room, and there were a lot of pillow fights

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and all that. **laughs**

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In joint family, there's actually no problem,

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you know, you are hungry you go to anybody

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and say, "I'm hungry." But we were all well taken

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care of. I was saved on my aunts, you know,

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who catered to my needs. When your a favorite boy you get anything, you know!