Pirzada purofesa wezvemiti anobva kuDhaka uye ari kugara muNew England kwegore pashure pokugamuchira mari yokutsvakurudza kubva kuHurumende yePakistan; akasiya mudzimai wake nevanasikana vanomwe, vaasina kutaura navo kwemwedzi. Nemhaka yokuti mari yaanowana haimupe zvakawanda zvokurarama nazvo zuva nezuva, anogara achishanyira Lilia ane makore gumi nemhuri yake kuti vadye, achiwanzouya nezvokudya zvinonaka kumusikana muduku. Apo Lilia anotaura nezvaVaPirzada se"vaIndia" kuvabereki vake vari voga, baba vake vanomuudza kuti muPakistani, izvo zvinovhiringidza Lilia nokuti anotaridzika sevabereki vake, anodya zvinhu zvakafanana, uye anotaura chiBengali saivo. Zvisinei, nhau dzenguva dzose dzeterevhizheni dzeHondo yeEast Pakistan-West Pakistan
anomuudza nezvokusiyana kwaVaPirzada pamwe chete nedambudziko ravo razvino. Nemhaka yaikoku, iye anosarudza humwe usiku kudya zvihwitsi zvaanomupa, kunyengetera, uye kurega kukwesha mazino ake kuitira kuti mashiripiti ezvihwitsi kupfurikidza nomunyengetero arambe aripo. Iye anoedzawo zvakanakisisa zvake kudzidza zvakawanda sezvinobvira pamusoro pePakistan muraibhurari yake yechikoro. Kuda kwake kuziva kunodzikiswa nomudzidzisi wake achimuudza kuti "hapana chikonzero chokubvunza" bhuku pamusoro pePakistan.