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(5 pp). This "letter" has as its history the novel
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (1989). Jasmine's
daughter is now twenty and has asked her mother
about her recent past here in the United States.
"I never understood how you could leave Bud, and go
off with Taylor. What did your leaving Bud have
to do with being Indian? Female? Hindu? American?
Can you explain it to me …"
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have to do with being Indian? Female? Hindu? American? Can you explain it to me ..." BBjasmen.doc LETTER FROM JASMINE Written by B. Bryan Babcock for
the Paperstore, Inc., March 2001 Introduction This "letter" has as its history the novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (1989). Jasmines daughter is now twenty and has asked her
mother about her recent past here in the United States. "I never understood how you could leave Bud, and go off with Taylor. What did your leaving Bud
have to do with being Indian? Female? Hindu? American? Can you explain it to me ..." The Letter My Dearest Daughter: How brave you are to question! I think
of myself at your age and remember also reaching the point of questioning. I did not think of it in the same manner that you have, but perhaps in
this new place, at this new time, I shall be one of those who gives answers, as well as one who, continues to question. Perhaps a place to start is
to tell you of myself before I learned to question, so that you might see why it had such value for me, and how it has been the center of
my learning and my moving through the world. You may remember that I was the fifth daughter of nine children. My mother loved me deeply as I love
you. There were those who thought she did not, as she wished me to die when she learned I was a girl. Girls at that time in India
were a curse, for it meant that their family had to provide them with a dowry. You can imagine how your grandfather felt, knowing that I would never stand
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