When he was a young man my grandfather, Mathuradas, detested both snakes and working in the family timber business. Then, one day, shortly after his 20th birthday, a snake fell on to his neck in the timber yard. He shot it dead and quit the family business to go and make something of himself. It was that simple.
He was hot-headed, hungry, entrepreneurial and eager to succeed. The British government were seeking people exactly like him and his brother to go to African colonies to bolster the economy and boost business. Together with my grandmother, he left everything behind to set up a new life in Uganda: the land of opportunity.
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