Land Gold Women

Rumi and Neruda.

You have excellent taste.

Someone might see us.

Yes. Someone might.

Shall I tell my parents about us?

I have offered

to do it so many times.

I have to tell them soon.

All this secrecy is

driving me insane.

What if they say no?

Hey! Why would hey say no?

Because you're not...

Brown.

Employed, Qualified, Rich.

I am 21. How many 21 year

old millionaires do you know?

Four. And they're all Indian.

I am fighting a losing battle.

Will you transfer out to Cambridge?

My family needs me here.

Mine does too.

Why can't you just come here?

Because I'll be scared all the time.

Look, I've almost finished my book.

When it's done,

I'll go and speak to them.

It's a lot of pressure isn't it?

Pressure? No.

I just have about 300 pages

to write, in about 6 weeks.

A piece of cake really.

Your Queen's council,

Mr. Timothy James

will speak on behalf of you in court.

Good to meet you!

Miss Farah Siddiqui is

your junior solicitor.

She'll be responsible

for assisting Mr. James

in the preparation of

submissions and representations.

How long will this take?

Between 6

- 8 weeks.

We'll be in conference with

you prior to your court hearing.

How much do you think I'll get?

It depends on why

you did what you did.

She left me no option.

Mr. Khan, I would advise you

to choose your words carefully.

What you say could determine

how long you'll be in prison for.

What do you want me to say?

Only things that will help your case.

Things that might help

us understand you better.

I'm not a bad man.

We might have to be a bit

more specific than that.

You've been charged with causing

grievous bodily harm to Mr. David Reed

and with conspiracy to

murder of Miss. Saira Ali Khan

and it appears that you have

made admitted to these offences

in interviews with the police.

Could you state for me,

you relationship to the

afore mentioned persons?

Saira was my daughter.

I don't really care

about anyone else.

You're done early today.

I forgot my damn test results.

Bloody busy Thursdays.

I remember it being Monday yesterday.

Where is the time going?

What's keeping you back?

The ruins of Babylon again?

No. I wish.

I'm researching my ruin.

Saira wants to go to Cambridge.

Wants to get away from you I suppose.

I suppose what goes around,

comes around.

Now I know how my father felt.

We're getting old George.

These kids remind me everyday.

No we're not. We're getting wiser.

It's going to be hard

without her in the house.

You'll get used to it.

Besides, it gives you

more time with the wife.

That's why it's going to be hard.

How do you think it died?

From a sling-shot?

It's been dead for a while.

The blood must have dried up.

What's up doc?

It's been shot.

Who the hell would do that in a park?

What are you doing?

Nothing that concerns you!

They shot the bird!

Don't be stupid, of course not!

Hey! Who are you calling stupid?

Do I look stupid now?

What's the matter? Missing home?

How far we've come Rizu.

These pictures seem

like another lifetime.

I'm beginning to forget

what our country looks like.

Oh come on, we were there last year.

Not last year. Two years ago.

It's been two years already?

Yes. And our visits

are always so rushed!

Go in a rush, stay for two weeks,

come back in a hurry.

I don't know what's

wrong with me, Rizu.

I feel this strange tug,

a pull inside.

I've missed home before

but this is different.

Maybe your conscience is

trying to tell you something?

Conscience?

Your conscience.

Your heart.

We all have one.

Or maybe you're starting to get old.

Oh! Is that so?

Let me go!

The children will be here any minute!

So?

So?

Let me go.

Feeling young, it seems like.

I have work to do.

Let me go, Nazir.

I come from a

family of carpet makers.

Moved here about 25 years ago

and have always been in Birmingham.

And you've been

teaching for 17 years.

My tenure finished this year.

Did you like your job?

Very much. Yes.

You have no previous convictions,

no court appearances,

never been arrested.

Even your library books have

been returned well on time.

Quite the model citizen Mr. Khan.

Can you then please try

and explain to me how

a professor of History,

a seemingly peaceful academic man

could be party to such a crime?

Do you believe you

did the right thing?

Yes.

I do.

Hello beta,

- Sorry Baba! Did I

wake you? - How are you?

You're home early today?

How come?

This is unfair. If I

come early, I get asked why.

If I come late, I get asked why?

When will a man be free to do

as he wants in his own house?

Come here Saira.

Yes, papa.

Why don't you like our music?

It's not like I don't like it.

I just prefer English music.

If only you knew

what the words meant.

I understand what they mean.

They're mostly about love.

They're beautiful.

Baba! Please.

Stop it!

Stop it!

I'm enjoying my time

home with my daughter.

What's wrong with that?

Did you get my reminder?

Yes I did.

And?

I looked at the site.

And you think? What?

Oh My God! Asif! What is this?

What happened sweetheart?

Asif!

Hasina has picked up ten

new salwar suits from India.

All so beautiful!

Is the spinach good?

You're reading Antigone in school?

Yes.

Is the Spinach good or not?

Ma, can you make fish tomorrow?

Sophocles?

Yes

Hasina's niece is getting married.

I was wondering when in our house...

The Spinach is great Ma.

Naughty girl!

Ma, will you make fish tomorrow?

Why not, my lovely.

Ask your father to give me more money

then I'll make whatever you want.

Why speak like that to the children?

Why say things like that?

Oh God! ...now what did I say?

Of course you can

have fish tomorrow Asif.

I'll go buy it myself.

It's amazing how Antigone

took on the whole of Greece

when she stood up for

her brother like that.

See Rizu!

How my daughter thinks!

But, I think Creon was

right when he punished her.

Who is Creon?

King of Greece Ma.

What did he do?

Antigone wanted to bury

her brother in a decent way.

What's wrong with that?

Her brother was a traitor

and so she was punished.

But her brother comes first.

Being King comes with

all kinds of challenges.

He was trying to choose

the lesser of the two evils.

This is the problem in our house.

Even Hasina was asking

if we ever have any normal

conversations around here.

If you were King, you

would do the same thing?

I think so.

Wow!

Normal, what is that?

I can't explain.

Normal is boring ma.

Normal is boring ma.

Stop laughing you twerp!

Pig!

Asif!

She started it.

Saira!

If I were king, I would

give everyone Playstations

and make homework extinct!

Great strategy Asif!

Dumb people are easier to rule!

Do you feel any regret or

remorse about what you did?

Being King comes with

all kinds of challenges.

Right!

You previously stated that

your daughter left

you no possible option

but death.

Yes.

Why is that?

She betrayed my trust.

Did you decide to kill

her in a fit of anger?

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