The Question and Answer section for Anita and Me is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Throughout Anita and Me, clothes are used as a representation of culture and identity, used to separate communities, and later to create community. For Meena, the sari, a traditional South Asian garment, becomes a symbol of her Indian heritage....
Meena says, "I'm not lying, honest, papa!"
Which trip to Mr. Omerod's shop are you referring to.... there are several in the novel?
When Meena meets Anita, a fourteen year old girl who stands up for herself. she is stunned. She handles her problems with such graze that she has many people following her, and Meena quickly becomes one of them.
