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“you\u2019re kashmiri until they burn your home. take your orchards. stake a different flag. until no one remembers the road that brings you back. you\u2019re indian until they draw a border through punjab. until the british captains spit paki <\/em>as they sip your chai, add so much foam you can\u2019t taste home. you\u2019re seraiki until your mouth fills with english. you\u2019re pakistani until your classmates ask what that is. then you\u2019re indian again. or some kind of spanish. <\/em>you speak a language until you don\u2019t. until you only recognize it between your auntie\u2019s lips. your father was fluent in four languages. you\u2019re illiterate in the tongues of your father. your grandfather wrote persian poetry on glasses. maybe. you can\u2019t remember. you made it up. someone lied. you\u2019re a daughter until they bury your mother. until you\u2019re not invited to your father\u2019s funeral. you\u2019re a virgin until you get too drunk. you\u2019re muslim until you\u2019re not a virgin. you\u2019re pakistani until they start throwing acid. you\u2019re muslim until it\u2019s too dangerous. you\u2019re safe until you\u2019re alone. you\u2019re american until the towers fall. until there\u2019s a border on your back.”<\/p>\n Call Number: 816.21 A818I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “you\u2019re kashmiri until they burn your home. take your orchards. stake a different flag. until no one remembers the road that brings you back. you\u2019re indian until they draw a border through punjab. until the british captains spit paki as … Continue reading