Why did people describe something without value as "not
worth a Continental?"

the cell goes through mitosis

explanation:

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

source:

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.