How would taking sides in local politics have
helped Europeans in Southeast Asia?

By taking sides in local politics in Southeast Asia, the Europans would have been more favored and violence wouldn't have ensued.

i think it was   tsar alexander ii

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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