On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen bu…

Jhumpa Lahiri
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On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. ✨ Jhumpa Lahiri (2000). Interpreter of Maladies, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. ✨ Jhumpa Lahiri (2000). Interpreter of Maladies, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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