MANUSMRITI SAPTAPADI AND SEVEN STEPS BEFORE FIRE
Côte-des-Neiges (Chapter XIII)
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18 min readNov 1, 2020
The D’Souzas were soon to become famous and well known. Surely there would be increased scrutiny. To stave off any potential backlash, they had to show a public face that reinforced the belief they cared deeply about Indian culture and its traditional values…
Background
This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to actual persons and/or events is purely coincidental. The main character — and narrator — is Alejandro Zurita, a twenty-two year old bon vivant, studying Business Administration at Vanier College in Montréal in the early spring of 1996, just as the dot com boom and the Web 1.0 is about to start…
