A key family relationship explored in this book revolves around Pari and Abdullah who are brother and sister. Abdullah is 6 years older than Pari and they have a very strong and close sibling bond that Abdullah attributes to the fact that he basically had to raise and look out for Pari when their mother passed away in childbirth. This is not an ordinary sibling bond because they do everything together and are so intimately connected with the other’s life that when they are separated there is an emptiness, a hole causing them to be dissatisfied with life. Abdullah and Pari are separated at the age of ten and four because Nila Wadhati and Mr. Wadhati buy Pari as their own daughter. Pari experiences “in her life the absence of something, or
