They name him Hassan Ali Khan. He is the living manifestation of Akbar and Meena Begum’s love for each other. Together they go through his tiny fingers and toes and admire his catlike eyes that open and close slowly as he blinks at his new world. They look for signs of him and of her and inhale in surprise when his face changes into hers and then suddenly into his like a revolving door that can’t decide where to stop.
