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Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi, Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols, Search For My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt

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Have a little read: ... Tabitha Berry 11C Select Three Poems Which Explore Being Caught Between Two Cultures and Compare Them Search For My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt is a compelling poem describing her experience of being caught between two cultures. This poem expresses how she feels that she has lost her mother tongue while speaking the foreign language within which she now lives, but in her dreams it grows back. Similarly, Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols describes how she felt alone in England, a foreign country to her, and the delight when the hurricane struck as it brought back memories of her origin. Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi also describes the difficulties in being caught between two cultures. In this, she is torn between the bland British culture she lives in and the more exotic culture of her aunts from Pakistan, who send her luxurious gifts she feels she cannot

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