I was no stranger to the extended family concept. This was an unconscious survival strategy in vogue amongst the poor at the time. My college years saw me rotating between the residences of my sisters, Gita and Gyan, both of whom lived in Mountview in Verulam. Mountview is a township similar to Buffelsdale. Learning to drive my brother-in-law Roy’s Mini Cooper, and my cousin Anand’s Colt Gallant, and eating KFC whilst the country watched Dallas on a Tuesday night, were some of the many memorable experiences of this period. Occasionally I would visit my third sister, Shanti, who also lived in Mountview. Frequent visits to the house of my eldest sister, Malthi, in Emona allowed for the rare opportunity to collect water from the pond or search for mushrooms in the Hulett cane fields