'Yes, Baoji,' said Maan... (p. 6)
Maan repeatedly addresses his father "Baoji". Later in the book, Mrs Rupa Mehra starts a letter to her father with "Dearest Baoji" (p. 44).
I was unable to find anything about the word "Baoji," but a friend of mine from Mumbai assures me that "Baoji" is the word for "father" in Punjabi.
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My glossary for Vikram Seth's novel, "A Suitable Boy"
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Page numbers refer to the 1st U.S. paperback edition published by HarperPerennial (a division HarperCollins Publishers) in 1993.
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