Heirlooms

As an adult, I often visited my mother on the weekends and every time she saw me without surma, she applied it immediately and always in a typical and familiar manner.

I’m going back in time to experience and be consumed by the events that don’t belong to me, but to my ancestors- all because of six yards of fabric.

They were sternly warned not to bring any belongings, but Kapur held in his pocket a receipt proclaiming that a final shipment for his business was still due to arrive from London to Karachi.