Mutanabbi’s line “wa ma kullu man yatma’u yudriku ma yatma’u” — I heard it once from a customer whose son failed his exams. She said, “Beti, kismat bhi hoti hai.” But sitting in my salon, watching the aunty whose husband left her count coins for a trim, I think: kismat nahi, system
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