Entered moscow on september 14, 1812, and stayed in the ruined city for five weeks

Russian soldiers retreated and practiced policy known as scorched earth. Napoleon's troops stayed too long in "holy city" to advance farther and ordered starving army to turn back leaving his soldiers to retreat in frozen tundra and starve. 10,000 soldiers left fit to fight

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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it would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government. it would have restored balance among the three branches of government. it would have set a precedent for government intervention in the economy. it would have signaled an end to all the programs of roosevelt’s new deal.

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