Pashmina

After putting on the pashmina, Priyanka is magically transported to a beautiful version of India, where everything is in color. She is greeted by a friendly, talking elephant named Kanta and a talking peacock named Mayur; they have been anticipating her arrival. Kanta and Mayur give Priyanka a tour of a beautiful palace, and Priyanka sees a mysterious shadow of a woman on the wall. Kanta and Mayur pretend that they cannot see the shadow woman, and when Priyanka asks about her, they claim that she isn’t important. Priyanka thinks that the shadow woman looks familiar, but Kanta and Mayur don’t want to discuss it. Priyanka, Mayur, and Kanta plan to go get samosas, but when Priyanka’s pashmina falls off, she is magically transported back to her home in the US.

Priyanka puts the suitcase back in the closet but puts the pashmina under her pillow so that she can use it again later. Priyanka’s mom returns, and Priyanka asks her about her mother’s sister, Meena Mausi, who wrote the letter that Priyanka found in the old suitcase. Priyanka’s mom says that she and her sister were close, but being a girl in India was difficult, and Mausi was bullied because she wore hand-me-down clothes from Priyanka’s mom.