Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?

Have you known someone like the author’s grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?

Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?