My Son's Inheritance: A Secret History of Lynching and Blood Justice in India

Babu, did you know as a child what your father did when he was annoyed with his mother? He used to drink up all the milk in the kitchen. Leave none for the family’s evening tea. To ensure that your father had enough milk and ghee, his grandfather had bought him a buffalo. So, despite having a buffalo all to himself, he would find excuses to polish off others’ share of milk. Your father’s love for milk was legendary and even made him the butt of jokes. During college days, when all the boys were going out drinking, your father would stay back nursing a glass of milk. Your father’s grandfather, Radhavallabh, was a respected wool trader of his village. He owned herds of sheep and goats that the local shepherds would take for grazing. He lived in Braj in a village called Aryakhera near the city of Mathura.