1. But to say that it is going to write off Bangalore in near future sounds something fancy.

2. These accounts alternate with the present day tale of Rebecca, Esther‘s granddaughter, and her charming man–child boyfriend George who is also a sort of genius composer. (His unlikely oeuvre is a collection of molecular structures translated into melodies – music with the power to cure colds or bring on childbirth.) There are some unresolved mysteries about Esther‘s account of the fire – inconsistencies that have been noted over the years – and no one is hotter to unravel these than our pushy friend the feminist academic (whose tome "Gendered Space in the Workplace, Past, Present and Future" sounds as tedious as its author). But even as Zion irks Rebecca and George, she manages to intrigue them: Why isn‘t Esther‘s story entirely consistent?