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For the only bachi that could be spotted then was an eight year old scampering behind what seemed to be her father after she threw a fearful glance at us.

— Sarah Khan, Life's Peculiarities
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Life's Peculiarities

by Sarah Khan

Anthology · 214 pages

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“Without His blessings upon me, which light my path during the darkest hours, I would be nothing.”
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“Rakhshi never called me bhayya, save the times when Amma forced her to and that was years ago when she was learning to speak.”
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“My rationale, warped by the fantastical world I constantly delved myself in since I was five, had been the death of me.”
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Sarah Khan
Sarah Khan

Sarah Khan, also known by the pseudonym of Bazigha Khan, is a poet, researcher, fiction and nonfiction writer from Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Her work has appeared i…

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