Bahá’ís are not allowed to study in Iran, so when I was 19, my brother and I left to study in India. Soon afterwards, the revolution took place in Iran, which meant that it became hard for people to travel in and out of the country. My father was so worried about being separated from us that he left everything behind and brought the rest of the family to live in India too.
One day, soon after we arrived, I saw a boy passing my uncle’s house and I asked my cousin who he was, because he was . . .