The Wistful Silence

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I In the walled city of Lahore, silence was a commodity traded like grain, and Waqar Swati, twelve years old, had learned to hoard his. He stood at the center of the family’s chaotic dinner, the silverware clattering against the porcelain as his father’s hands trembled, a rhythmic shaking that threatened to spill the broth. The air in the house was heavy with wet wool and old ink, a physical...

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