Forces loyal to two rival generals are vying for control, and as is so often the case, civilians have suffered the most.Īt least 459 people have been killed and more than 4,000 injured in the unrest so far, according to the World Health Organization, while parts of the capital Khartoum have become a war zone.Ī 72-hour ceasefire agreed on by Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) came into effect at midnight local time on Tuesday (Monday 6 p.m. Her proximity to Myrna without the mentor power dynamic allows her to begin to see Myrna’s true nature.Fierce fighting across Sudan has left hopes for a peaceful transition to civilian rule in tatters. Radha succeeds in gaining admission to the school even though she refused to perform a translation of the final lines of her great-grandfather’s book but is disappointed when she ends up with Gustav as her mentor instead of Myrna. Radha trained with Myrna and has a more intellectual sort of talent with her puppetry so when she meets Tyche she is both enchanted and knows this is her competition. Tyche seems to be in touch with something magical, a deeper more real connection with her puppet than what Radha has experienced with hers. As the book’s magic seeps away, Radha discovers another way that she might win at least more time with the withholding Myrna by winning admission to the puppetry school.ĭuring the audition, Radha meets the stunning Tyche whose puppet is the source of the question that titles the piece. She translates her great-grandfather’s book (a book that he has expressly forbidden be translated from Hindi for fear that translation would break the book) but Myrna is a bookworm and this is one gift that Radha can give her that no one else can. Radha goes to great lengths to win the attention and perhaps one day, the affection of Myrna. The story, Is Your Blood as Red as This, starts out with the subtitle (no), this half of the story is narrated by Radha and is ostensibly the story of her pursuit of Myrna Semyonova the puppet master’s daughter. It is almost impossible to choose a favorite story from What is Not Yours is Not Yours, but there is one that was particularly interesting to me.

What is not yours is not yours summary