Sunday, October 7, 2012
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
" I remember some nights helping my mother spread a sheet and blankets on the couch so that Mr. Pirzada could sleep there, and high-pitched voices hollering in the middle of the night when my parents called our relatives in Calcutta to learn more details about the situation. Most of all I remember the three of them operating during that time as if they were a single person, sharing a single meal, a single body, a single silence, and a single fear. " ( When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine)
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This quote is effective in showing the similar resentment for conflict for the people from both sides of the war. Mr. Pirzada is from Decca where a revolution against the Indian government( where the author and her parents were from) was taking place. Despite of so, the author's family still maintained a still friendship with Mr. Pirzada despite of their country's position stance because what they wanted were the same. They wanted peace, not war.
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