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Shalini Kala's avatar

what a lovely lesson!

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Sanjana Ramachandran's avatar

thanks for sharing this, Natasha. one has to admire Afzal's steadfast cheeriness in the face of what can be extremely frustrating and disheartening. this was also an enlightening read in that it adds to something I wrote on how Indian Muslims are choosing to go for more "generic" baby names, given our political climate. these names are such that they could blend across cultures, like Sameer or Sahil or Rehaan or, if girls, Zoya or Zara. i hope more families can gather the energy to instead do the hard thing, like Afzal, and be themselves as they are.

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