| This is the 42nd story of Our Life Logs | Kolhapur, a historic city in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, was my first home. I lived the first 12 years of my life in a joint family of about 16 people. The home consisted of my immediate family, grandparents, uncles, and their families. We were thankful to have a large enough house to accommodate us, but it did get crowded sometimes. We rarely ate all together because the table wasn’t big enough to fit us all at once. When