The british reacted to the pontiacs attacks by

Killing Native Americans who had not attacked them.

cuban communists pressured the soviet union to place missiles in cuba.

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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