There is black magic afoot here in Lahore. A few days before I arrived a taweez, a talisman made of a scrap of green fabric was found hanging from my grandmother’s bookshelf, inscribed with mysterious letters. It was promptly burnt as the protests made it impossible at the time to take the prescribed remedy of throwing it into running water, ie the canal. No sooner was it burnt that my grandmother got over an eight day sulk and harmony returned to the household, if not to the city or the country.
Meanwhile, an investigation continues to discover the culprit. Several weeks of CCTV camera footage are now being reviewed. The chief suspect is the very person who discovered the taweez, one of the maids who claimed on ‘discovery’ that she didn’t know what it was, being Christian (unlike the rest). The thinking is that it is not a real taweez but a fake made up by her to sow discord as part of the usual politicking that goes on in this workplace.
Nice to be home.