Asher Hussain is a Yale graduate, living in the privileged
part of the city of Karachi, he has the looks and is definitely bachelor most
wanted. For all the snooty city girls who think they are eligible , think again
because at the end of the day he is a typical, patriarchal Pakistani man who
wants to be the lion of his home and at
heart wants the ‘seedhi saadi ‘ larki.
Round 1:
Paramaters of Assesment:
Parameter #1: Izzat and khudari (Self respect)
Applicant 1:Khirad- The ‘gaon ki mutiar’ doesn’t have a Gucci
bag hanging by her arms but she makes up for her lack of material wealth by her
affluence in morals and virtue. Given the scarcity in her earlier life, she
could have pounced on her husband’s fortune, ordered jewels, designer wear,
luxury cars, or all of the aforementioned but she always kept herself respect
and dint go bonkers over the wealth. Since, the marriage happened as a
consequence of her mother’s ill health she felt that she was ‘musalat’ on
Asher, thus she gave him space and time rather her pushing her onto himself.
The constant reference by her about ‘izzat and khudari’ also show how much
important this factor is in her life and dominate her entire life, even after
her separation with Asher she asks for Asher’s only to save her daughter Hareem’s
life.
Total score=10
Applicant 2:Sara-Suicidal attempts; two times in a row-then
finally succeeding in the third attempt and that even for the same guy, doesn’t
really speak hymns about self respect. Does it?
All the vicious planning and plotting just to acquire the
already betrothed Asher, you got ditched once darling, you are still trying? I
think calling him your ‘bestfriend’ after every 3 lines wasn’t actually your
best tactic!
Total score=0
Parameter#2: Level of domesticity (Cooking& stitching)
Khirad: The skills Khirad has are ironing clothes, setting
out the table, making ‘chai’ (lots and lots of it), teaching (can teach Asher’s
children) stitching and cooking. Her skill set in gardening is zero and doesn't
have much of an idea of interiors and house decoration. As a housewife she is
perhaps too meek even won’t be able to survive the banter of servants and the
typical Pakistani man no matter how much he earns want his woman to save up
some coins while buying vegetables.
Score=6
Sara: She perhaps needs a servant to make ‘chai’ for her,
place the cup in front of her, then another to lift the cup and another to
finally make her sip it. The way she screams at her servants, she would
definitely scream at Asher the same way too, later in their marriage and that
is a huge threat to the Pakistani man.But she sure knows how to make spaghetti
for her man so her cooking skill set earns her some points. Score=5
Parameter#3: Submissiveness
Khirad: This is perhaps the single attribute which defines
Khirad. She tries super hard ‘keh woh Asher ki pasand ke saanchey mein dhal
jaye’! Score=10
Sara: She doesn’t listen to anybody, she is uncontrollable
and does what ever pleases her without caring what the repercussions will
be.She event doesn’t even think of her mother who loves her despite the
desperate measures she takes. Score=0
Winner-Khirad!!
Thus even if Baseerat dint get Asher and Khirad married off,
Asher would still have chosen ‘marriage material’ types or why else won’t he be
attracted to Sara? Dint they spend their entire lives together? The answer
doesn't lie in Sara’s strength of personality rather lies in Asher’s typical Pakistani
male mentality.
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