September 11th, 2021
From the perspective of Son, born and raised in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, living in Doha, Qatar
I pick up the phone, I hold it for some time, and I press the dial button. Or, I think I do, but I hear my mother’s voice in my head before she has even spoken anything. Abhi Lucknow main ho? Aap pagal ho?
She has to know that I’m no longer in India. I’ve at the very least told her that much.
Or, have I? When we spoke, the question was of my whereabou…
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