Something Tilo’s new home reminded Musa story Mumtaz Afzal Malik, youn — Arundhati Roy, Ministry Utmost Happiness

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Something about Tilo’s new home reminded Musa of the story of Mumtaz Afzal Malik, the young taxi driver whom Amrik Singh had killed, whose body had been recovered from a field and delivered to his family with earth in his clenched fists and mustard flowers growing through his fingers. That story had always stayed with Musa – perhaps because of the way hope and grief were woven together in it, so tightly, so inextricably.

Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

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