PRESENTS FROM MY AUNTS IN PAKISTAN
By Asha Patel
Half- English
She is torn in between the two
which suggests Pain and Separation
SALWAR KAMEEZ PEACOCK BLUE
Orange split open
Apple Green Sari
These are appeal to taste
Glass Bangles Snapped, Drew Blood
The reader felt Discomfort toward were Pakistan culture she may also feel rejection.
FASHIONED CHANGE
W h e n t h e r e a d e r fi r s t c a m e h e r t o n o w
SOME TIMES I SAW LAHORE
There were beggars, sweeper girls
Prickly heat has me screaming on the way
I ended up in a cot
Suggest that she just came from a really hot countries as she is on her way to England
I pictured myself at Shalimar Gardens
She feels as if she is longing and desiring to go. As she feels like a outsider
THERE WAS CONFLICT , A FRACTURED LAND
This suggests the war in India is like her culture which is DIVIDED