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Nisha's mom left her and her twin brother + daddy

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Nisha loves her mom's jewelry + cherishes the box

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Kazi gave her the diary instead of a small gift

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papa thinks that amil is only playing around to not do his work

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papa thinks Amil is playing around saying that all of the letters and numbers jump around the page for him

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writes something incredible papa made amil sit in a corner without breakfast because amil's headmaster sent a message

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Amit like to drawing he does a good job because papa mad?

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pg 9. Papa got more mad at amil than Nisha for skipping school

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Papa thinks amil is smiling too much and always goof around, and not being serious around. which makes papa argue with him.

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papa thinks that Amil is acting a bit funny for the letters jumping around but I think he might have a learning issue maybe dyslexia? causing him to see it that way?

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Amil and Nisha think that kazi loves them more than Papa.

Pg.10

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papa treating his the girl special and amil not

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Papa thinks that Amil is playing around and does care about school work.papa also thinks drawing is nothing important and does not believe Amil when he says the letters jump around.

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when papa got a email that amil skip he's school and papa did not let amil eat and Nisha eat half of the food and keep the other half to give it to amil.

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Nisha like to make food with kazi even though dadi doesn't want her to cooking but papa said no.

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papa thinks that Amil is never going to something in life because he is always playing around and drawing random pictures

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Kazi tells nisha stories about her mother, and helps nisha helps Kazi in the kitchen, while dad said no and telling her to marry a gentlemen who will cook for you

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papa didn't say anything about skipping school today.

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nisha does not talk to papa that much and amils teachers thinks he's stupid . -pg12

pg 9 . Nisha thinks kazi likes them the best . and she wasn't being punished for skipping school but amil was he had no breakfest so nisha wrapped chapatitsnand she stucked it in her school book while no one was looking for amils.

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Amil did not eat,because papa got mad,When he found out he was skipping school.

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Nisha only writes in her diary at night and she tries to every day because the grown-up will be too busy.

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pg 10: "kazi has so much energy for us, he always had" -nisha. Pg 10amil plays cricket but Nisha laughs hard when amil misses. pg 11: Nisha loves helping kazi with cooking (somehow kazi sees Nisha, even though he's busy).

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Papa is treating Nisha better than Amil because Amil is not small anymore.

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Papa is treating Nisha better than Amil because Amil is not small anymore.

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maybe papa should see why Amil views things that way as that might help him focus on the work and the teachers can create a plan to help him out instead of letting him struggle all because he sees things differently

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july 20, 1947

I've been thinking about you a lot lately.I always do around my birthday.

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Nisha says that Amil thinks he is the reason mama died

pg.21

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" I thought it was crazy" when Amil said he would scream if Dadi wouldn't tell him what happened.

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" I thought it was crazy" when Amil said he would scream if Dadi wouldn't tell him what happened.

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" papa told us once that I came out the right way, but Amil came out the wrong way."

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July 20 1947, that amil looks exactly like mama, while Nisha looks like papa.

also papa thinks it amil fault that mama died.

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DEATH

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Nisha gets sad sometimes when she thinks about her mom. She gets sad for a long time.

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uh, so my group read till page 2 and um. kazi used a mortar and a pestle to grind coriander seeds. and uh, Nisha sometimes talks to the picture of her mom

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amil came out the wrong way and amil said is it my fault to dadi and dadi said do not think of such awful thing and close his mouth

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Nisha found a big picture of mama and see that mama had a bun and a kohl liner and says that mama looks like a super star.

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That's Nisha 😁

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kazi tells nisha story's of her mom once a while. bc nisha hardly ask him

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nisha cooking for dinner

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I think that maybe Amil gets his painting and drawing habits from his mother as in the text it talks about her love for painting so much that she sometimes would forget to eat! this shows how much his mother shines through him which might sadden the father as he remembers his wife..but he shouldn't take it out on Amil!

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papa told Nisha, Amil that Nisha came out the right way which says in the text "Papa told us once that I came out the right way, but Amil came out the wrong way, feet first" Which made him think that he was the reason his mother died.

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amil

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amil sad :(

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Amil hiding from everyone because he feels unwanted:(

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for amil

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This is Nisha when she found out that Papa liked to cook.😅

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papa smokes

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Nisha is jealous of papa because he ha his mother and she doesn't

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your papa invited me in and had me cook aloo tikki.

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they are talking about the seperation of Hindu and muslims .

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amil telling Nisha to be quiet.

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One thing i've learned was kazi always likes to draw, sometimes even beg to draw or watch older boys outside playing cricket. i've also learned how kazi explained the whole story to nisha about mama and how papa was respected before nisha's mama died. this is all I can say because time's up

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community.

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papa likes to cook befor and Nisha knew it when kazi tell her

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Amil when the older boys ask about why did he draw them as monsters..

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Amil when the older boys ask about why did he draw them as monsters..

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In page 26 Nisha wonders what would happen if her mom lived after kazi told her all the things that her mom did before.

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Increasing tensions due to the partition

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Students had to drop out of school

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the partition did not unite India

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friendships broke apart

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Amil feels inferior to Nisha in his drawings

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Today I woke up and found kazi in the kitchen keanding dough. He gave me some and I sank my finger into it. I noticed he still had his bandage.

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Nisha does not want to be noticed or heard

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Nisha does not want to be noticed or heard

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Nisha likes kazi

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Nisha can't sleep even though she is so tired

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dadi finally didn't mind that Nisha was cooking with kazi all day

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he gave Nisha a kissed and ignore amil when he sat up in bed

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Nisha felt terrible after the party that she couldn't sleep

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That Nisha is worried about being separated from their home and family. Also Nisha heard Papa telling dadi about if they don't leave they can get killed, or get taken to refuge camp. While Nisha tryin to figure out who's doing all the killing. Because someone is killing all different religious people.

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kazi was not talking when Nisha ask kazi. then Nisha ran to her room and waited kazi to come that means kazi love her and kazi did not come and she was crying

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Nisha said that she looks like papa and amil looks like mama but when she looked in the bathroom mirror and she said that she looks like mama that day.

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some people hurt kazi and broke a lot of stuff in the house

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papa made amil sweep the floor and wash the windows

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Nisha is worried about her home, family, riots, and going to refuge camp. She is packing some of her stuff and leaving everything else behind and doesn't want to celebrate both sides, India and pakistan of the same country.

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people are now starting to get violent with each other and I believe its the partition which might be worrying people into causing harm as they are confused with the whole issue on where they belong which is sad as India can gain independence without going by religion.

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Amil would stay in the yard and draw things everyday. Amil is smart because Nisha says that he would win every game that they played. Some people broke into the house. The people broke into the house and Kazi got hurt.

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starting off page 60, nisha wanted to know everything after telling kazi she's "twelve years old". now nisha is whining in a corner, curled up in a ball (like the big baby she is) and wanted to see if kazi really loves her, she cried till breakfast, now when Nisha went to get breakfast, nisha saw her father look down at his plate, which Nisha knows its a sign that no one has to speak during breakfast, so they ate in silence. after that,(page 61): Nisha told amil that "I wanted to know why kazi got beaten and who did it", till amil explained about Muslim houses (may God bless those poor Muslims) being BURNED down. Nisha felt a surge of rage...something that makes her seethe anger, saying to herself "let all the crazy men come and burn it all down, let them burn our gardens,hospitals and your picture mama, as if it was never there." (page 62): Nisha told herself "we would go somewhere safe, somewhere...where Nisha can walk to school safely, a place where kazi can draw and practice all he wants. a place where Nisha can hold our hand and nobody would mind it, even if it means that you're Muslim,Hindu,Christian, XYZ. a world where nobody cared if you were in a religion (God please make that happen 🙏) nobody would shame you for it". AHHH MY FINGERS HURT. gg

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A lot of people came to Nisha's house and dr. Ahmed brought two big coins for Nisha and Amil

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writes something fantastic uhh, I learned that papa cried (credit's to Bryson for this: aint papa smokes?)

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At the end of the party when others were leaving, some people whispered in her ear telling her to be safe and she felt like it was a party goodbye party.

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what I learned was that Nisha seems to be struggling with her identity as people see papa in her face but she truly sees mama which can maybe make her feel confused about herself.

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that papa is afrade

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I learned that Nisha looks like her dad but she can see her mom's features. Also Nisha realized that her party was a goodbye party, by her relatives say to her "be strong" and "be safe".

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Kazi got injured because he is trying to be the same religion with his family

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Nisha was scared for Kazi to bee alone

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Amil burned his drawings

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Nisha is processing her emotions in a way that might lead her to act out to see if Kazi truly cares which I believe he does since he sees her as family.

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Nisha is feeling worried and doesn't want to be separated away from kazi and amil also burned his drawings because papa kept on criticizing him.

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monks are bald and Gandhi was bald and he was a monk