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‘Dust of the Caravan’ is a Muslim woman’s unique personal and political memoir
An excerpt from Anis Kidwai’s memoir, translated from the Urdu by Ayesha Kidwai.
Author Anis Kidwai (second from right, middle row) with members of the family and family retainers.
Amongst the dream-like memories there is also one of an evening in which my Bua has my younger brother in her arms and I am walking alongside them. At a short distance from the house, I see a dirty bundle of clothes lying on the road and I give it a kick. The bundle groans loudly, and my Bua exclaims, “Hai! What are you doing?! You don’t kick a human child, do you?” She sits down besides it and starts speaking to it. In response, the bundle of rags unjumbles. At first, two pairs of arms and legs, burning hot, appear, and soon we are on our way home, a dirty young girl tottering along with us. ....

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