He offered to help more—deliveries, accounts, the little sums of arithmetic that never found their way into her callused fingers. Amma accepted, but there was an independence in her that made her decline his steady offers sometimes, as if she needed the work to prove she could still make sweet things for the sun.

Amma placed a tin box on the counter. “For your trip,” she said. Inside were a dozen barfis, each wrapped in paper, and, beneath them, a small packet of turmeric tied with a faded ribbon. “For health. For luck.” Her palm brushed his hand—brief, sacramental.

Netflix India offers Barfi! with Tamil audio. Amazon Prime Video also has Tamil dubbing in select regions.