You know, July fourth was an important day for me too, in 1947. Not a holiday or anything, but it was the day when the Indian Independence Bill was presented to the House of Commons. It suggested me and Indo should live in different houses, so me and Bangaru went to live together and Indo lived alone. Indo's never minded living alone though. She ( Read more... )

[The camera clicks on to show Pakistan in one of the tea rooms. She has set out some food she's made--just some curry and naan, really--and there is a small flag standing with the food. The camera pans over the spread, then Pakistan sets it down on the table and crouches down so to be at "eye level" with it.]Today is International Mother Language ( Read more... )

[Pakistan is sitting on her bed, surrounded by stacks of letters that are already overflowing onto the floor. There is a carrier pigeon sitting on her head, and although she occasionally tries to wave it away, it just flutters up a few inches and then settles back down in her hair ( Read more... )