Family PlanningAuthor of The Association of Small Bombs, longlisted for the National Book Award Rakesh Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: thirteen children and another on the way; a wife who mourns the loss of her favorite TV star; and a teenaged son with somereally strong opinions about family planning. To make matters worse, looming over this comical farrago are secretsboth personal and politicalthat threaten to push the Ahuja

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and the entire culture was drawn taut between these polarities

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