02-20-2019, 07:45 AM
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#3913
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Nameless Being
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He knew well there is no hatred like that of the half-caste for his brother-in-law.
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Kim - Rudyard Kipling
As a descendant of one of those contemned half-castes, I rankled a bit as this. Then I wondered if his use of "brother-in-law" was another nod to the Urdu which was (literally) his first language. If so, the cleverness and aptness of the wordplay makes the slur on my heritage quite OK 
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