A huge tent is erected in the yard, and life is almost like the old days back at Hanuman House again. The sisters cook communally, feeding everyone's children. Everyone goes to the wharf to meet Owad's steamship when it arrives. Owad snubs his Uncle Seth, refusing to speak to the man. Overnight Owad has become the new head of the family.
Owad has become a communist overseas, and the house is soon littered with copies of the Soviet Weekly. Suddenly, all of the relations espouse communist philosophies. Owad, a doctor trained in England, insists that Russian cotton naturally grows in different colors such as red, blue and green. It never needs to be dyed. Rice and other crops are magically sown by shooting the seed from airplanes, and women have.....
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