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I was at a 5 year old’s birthday party. Usual stuff- tattoos, bouncy castle, cake, coke, pizza and 20 kids on a sugar high. Families I have known since ages. Kids that are growing up in front of me. Out of the blue, a little boy tells little Zoya Khan to go to her country. (1/n)
He didn’t say it in anger. Just randomly. Little Zoya said she isn’t Pakistani. She didn’t care and didn’t appear too perturbed. She was too small to understand what was said. So was he. And then 3 other kids joined in like kids usually do. They insisted Zoya was Pakistani (2/n)
The mothers, were horrified. The one whose son said it apologised profusely to Zoya’s mother. Said they never speak like that at home etc etc. Zoya’s mom accepted it graciously. But I saw her eyes. And something died inside me today. There is no hope for our society. None. (3/3)
