Nimisha Ladva
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then to my mother, who is draped in a sari, take it off.
So my mother takes my hand and my brother's hand, and she walks away.
She walks away from the skinheads, away from our house.
But my father stops her.
Our house is this way.
And he points right into the middle of the nest of skinheads.
And one of them looks up.
He makes eye contact with my father.
And once they see each other, my father walks so fast and so sure across the street that even the skinheads make way for him.
Then he puts his dark face right next to the young skinhead.
And I see what my father has just seen before.
It's our neighbor's son.
Does your father know you are here?
You are with these people?
Then he turns around, and he grabs my hand, and he grabs my brother's hand, and my mom comes with us, and we walk home right through the skinheads.
Because my dad really is badass.
The next day, I hear my parents talking.
My dad wants to go to Frank's house and talk to his father.