“Our families thought we shouldn’t be married because your mother was Muslim and I am Hindu. That’s why we decided to move here, far away from our families. Let them fight it out themselves. Even though we had many Muslim friends and neighbors, it never matters when it comes to marriage. Many people feel like this, but I don’t. If someone comes into the hospital, I treat them no matter who they are or what religion they are. When I open a body up, I see the blood, the muscles, the bones, all the same in every person, like Gandhiji says. Jinnah and Nehru, they are secular men, yet we need two
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