What you have said bolsters my argument to a certain extent in my post below. Apparently, you have been exposed to life in the U.S and so have I. What about the readers who aren't? They are certain to take offense. The author has indeed a loving concern for her child, but she didn't have to portray India in a distasteful way to highlight her concern. I am 100% sure that the author will be equally concerned about her child if she were to stay away from home in any country in the world.
Parental concern is never overrated. But that is no excuse for belittling a country especially when it is your own. The author's last line reads "... putting up a mosquito net and dodging monkeys". Even when I lived in India around 10 yrs back, I did not have to dodge monkeys.My friends and relatives who still live in India have never had any problems with wild animals threatening their daily existence. Of course! if you live in a monkey populated area, you're bound to say hello to a monkey or two exactly like how one will encounter rattlesnakes or a friendly gator if one lived in Florida!
