He often wonders why other
children laugh at him as he walks down the street.
One diwali, the lights and
sounds of firecrackers sparked off a string of reactions in him and for the
first time in 18 years violence gave way.
He badgered his mother, but she
believes that it didn't hurt that bad – a mother’s divine manifestation that
passes off unexplained.
He punishes himself to hunger when he realizes his
unruly behaviour and prays to meet daddy who is away in another country,
earning for his family.
He dreams of going there someday, to earn like daddy
and meet Abu in the grave – his cousin who passed away in war.
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