Of course, I do happen to be an Indian-American who wrote about Indian-Americans, so I suppose it made sense to present the book that way. It's important that the packaging match the contents; no one wants to open up a box labeled Rice Krispies and shake out a bowlful of Cocoa Puffs. The more I studied the book, as a marketable object, the more I thought about how, for me, being a writer is related to being a son of immigrants and how complicated the situation is.