What Sin Have We Kashmiris Committed? Kashmir Is Facing Great Difficulty. Theyve Shut Down The Landline

“What sin have we Kashmiris committed? Kashmir is facing great difficulty. They’ve shut down the landline as well. What will they achieve from this? They’ll silence the sentiments of Kashmiris? How long will they silence us? It’s better to kill us Kashmiris all at once.”

“We live in Srinagar. Yesterday our child was supposed to come back from Delhi. He didn’t come. We’re worried today as well. I haven’t slept all night because there’s a curfew in place. We are very troubled. What sins have we committed? They don’t even let us go out. With great difficulty we got out of our house in the morning and had to go to the police station to take a curfew pass. We were stopped and questioned everywhere. What will they achieve by removing this article? The poor are dying, there isn’t any milk for children, there aren’t any vegetables, there’s nothing. They’ve just declared a curfew. What will this achieve? There are kids studying outside, they can’t phone back home. Everyone is distressed. God do something, do something about this Kashmir.”

SARA IS MY NAME. MY NAME IS SARA.

My thoughts before anything: maybe if i wasn’t ugly

i may be stretching this but...

WHY WAS THIS NOT A PART OF THE BOOK!?! :((

Classmate: Hey, I heard about what happened with MC. I’m sorry for your loss, guys.

Lily, weakly smiles: Thank you, but, I don’t think words can help at this point. [holds back her tears]

Stacy: Yeah…believe me I’m just as sorry. MC’s gone and I-I. Time will only tell if we’ll be alright. [smiles weakly]

Andy: I swear if I hear someone say MC’s name again, I’m going to be sick. I can’t right now. Yeah, my legs are going to heal in the future…but this pain it’s never going to go away….is it?

Ava, shakes her head: Thanks, but no thanks. Fuck. Just fuck.

Lucas: Words aren’t going to bring MC back. [looks down, inhales sharply] Its not going to bring MC back. I didn’t even tell MC how I felt….

Dan, gets up from the table: I can’t keep pretending I’m okay? I’m not. There’s a hole in my heart and I just want the pain to stop. Can you just just stop with the pity party. NO ONE EVEN NOTICED MC BUT NOW YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE LIKE YOU CARE? MC was my best friend. How do you think that makes me feel? [points at his chest]

Dan, flips his tray: It hurts. It fucking hurts. Spare me your apologizes.

Classmate: I-I [backs away; runs into Noah]

Noah, gulps hard: It’s my fault. I’ve always been the problem.

sorry, but it’s true