Note:submitted on time
The role of the Father is vital in Dhoop Kinaray and even more important is the father-child
relationship and the paternal love that is shown throughout the drama. This was
missing from Humsafar, where the role
of the mother was highlighted more. In fact, Khirad and Sarah did not have a
father and Ashar’s father (Baseerat) was also absent after the first few
episodes.
Zoya’s father and the relation he has with Zoya is very
loving. What is special about this kind of love is that it is very empowering
for Zoya. Baba himself told Dr. Ahmer how he raised Zoya “bachon ko bayandaza
mohabbat dayni chahiye. Unko ahmeeyat dayni chahiye, unko aietebar dayna
chahiye.” He is unlike the typical patriarch that most father figures are shown
to be. Zoya’s father is one whom nobody fears, in fact everyone comes to him
for help be it Zoya, Anji, Dr. Ahmer and even Dr. Irfan. He is there for her throughout the drama and
cares deeply for. When he sees she is being eaten up by work at the hospital
and that she has become very grim he asks her to leave medicine even though it was his and
his late wife’s dream to see her as a doctor: “mien yeh nahi chahta k meri beti
ki hassi gayab hojaye.” For Baba Zoya’s happiness matters the most, everything
else is secondary. He is also the beacon of wisdom for Zoya giving her advice
on almost everything. He does not interfere and gives Ahmer and Zoya space and
only intervenes when it is absolutely necessary. He tells Ahmer that: “mien
chahta that um log apnay masaail khud hul karo…doosron ko is mien madhakalat
nahi karni chahiye.”
The only father or paternal relation we had read about or
seen earlier was Sir Thomas in Mansfield
Park and he was the opposite of Baba. Sir Thomas was feared and he wanted
order more than anything in the house and family. He was the governor and ruler
of Mansfield: “under his government Mansfield was an altered place.” His role as a loving father is shown nowhere
in the novel. Everybody feared Sir Thomas and he was shown as the typical
patriarch: “every other heart was sinking under some degree of self
condemnation.” Thus, he can be directly contrasted with Zoya’s father whose
company and love everyone craved and who was the beacon of wisdom for all.
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