“I think Destiny's purpose is merely to shock us at moments into a state of awareness; those moments are milestones in between which we have to find our own way.”
Laila has led a rather tragic life, after losing every important person in her life since her childhood she is left lonely. She is politically neutral, in that she does not engage in any political discourse in an attempt to prove her opinions. Though with all the suffering, that’s where her unique identity arises, she is molded by the tragedies. The assertion highlights this dynamic in her life in that her unique identity has been the result of those moments that are exceptional to her.
“I would surely achieve my nirvana and become so English that my aunts and cousins would be strangers to me.”
Laila has always been different from everyone else since her human experience is rather unique and tragic. Thus she tends to be misunderstood all through the narrative by people in her family and comrades. She is surrounded by people who possess overt political ideologies from both sides hence pose a difficult position in her case. The assertion is a reiteration of one of her family member’s opinions regarding her bookworm nature and indifferent attitude towards politics. She is more like her father in the sense he was also inclined towards the Western perception, therefore this leaves her as a lone wolf in the family once he dies.
