One evening in 2004.
One of my closest friends, a "Muslim", comes home. "Hi, hello" etc, "namaste aunty" with my mother...
My mother: Aapka naam?
My friend: (tells his name)
(Then the usual exchange to get the pronunciation right)
Mother: Aap kaha kaam karte hai?
Friend: Aunty, Ashish ke saath. Same office mei...
Mother: Kaha se? Dilli se hai aap?
Friend: Aa... Nahin.. Bhopal se... (almost in a confessional tone) Actually aunty, I am a Muslim.
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In today's highly polarised atmosphere of "they" and "us", The Hindu and the Muslim series is a conscious effort to record, and dissect, "Hindu-Muslim encounters" (including the ones done by police) and look for patterns...
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interesting.....
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