Goa, Dec. 28 -- In a country where serious illness often forces families into debt, long hospital visits and quiet compromises, a deeply personal account by a Goa entrepreneur has struck a chord far beyond the State, reopening conversations on survival, self-reliance and preparedness in middle-class Indian homes. Writing about an experience that shaped his childhood and adult life, Raj Kunkolienkar recalled being in the fifth grade when he first learned to read his parents' silence. They were talking late at night in the kitchen, "in that particular hush that parents use when they think children are asleep". He caught fragments - "Bombay. Tests. Something about a doctor." The next morning, everything appeared normal. Chai, school, the sho...