What better hiding place than an old, woodlice-ridden album of photographs!

Renita D'Silva

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I wash the clothes, rinse them and then scrub them again. Will that square little box do that? I am not using any fancy machines when my hands will do.

Renita D'Silva

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She liked the way a ray of mild autumn sun infiltrating the thick cluster of trees caught a reddish orange leaf swirling in the wind and transformed it golden yellow. She liked that it wasn’t a leaf she recognised, that she could name or associate with her past.

Renita D'Silva

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I watched the rows and rows of chappals left by devotees outside the Hindu temple and wondered if the homeless boys who sometimes steal our chickens ever steal them, and if they do, are they punished, and if so by whom?

Renita D'Silva

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Every family has secrets, Reena, and they’re there for a reason.

Renita D'Silva

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Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?

Renita D'Silva

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Sometimes, it is easier to leave things as they are, rather than to fight, go against the flow.

Renita D'Silva

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But he’s an untouchable, Shirin.’ ‘He’s my Untouchable Prince Charming, then. Only I am allowed to touch him.

Renita D'Silva

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You don’t live in luxury! You are relegated to sleep in the little store room behind the kitchen with the cockroaches and rats and are at the mercy of Mrs. Gupta,’ Reena was indignant. ‘It’s five-star accommodation compared to a mud hut.

Renita D'Silva

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What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?’‘You are saving your family.

Renita D'Silva

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