Baby

This baby is Lakshmi's baby brother. He is her half brother. He was born from her stepfather.

When Lakshmi's father died, Ama quickly remarried a crippled man, and became pregnant with his child. That was how the baby was born. He is a boy and recently turned a year old before Lakshmi was sold away.

Though, he and Lakshmi are the only ones alive, he is actually Ama's 6th child. His older sister, Lakshmi and Ama's 4 other babies that died as infants were born from Lakshmi's father and he later died too.

This baby is one of the rare infants that managed to survive through the illness season. Before Lakshmi leaves, she buys him a sweater, a rare luxary his family cannot afford.