The story is about a faithful wife do we still have around who is ready to undergo all kinds of troubles that would come her way while seeking her beloved husband Punhun.
Well she was not the Sassi of today's age who would have preferred to seek another wealthy husband instead of seeking her separated hubby. What Punhun's family did not realize was that the washer man had a great future in waiting and one day could become the top designer in the country.
Hence the brothers of Punhun intoxicated him during the marriage function with wine not-soft drinks and carried him away when he got totally drunk. The point to be noted here is that instead of being with Sassi during the marriage function, Punhun was having hell of time drinking liquor which is now prohibited in this land of the pure.
The next morning, when Sassi got up wonder how could she sleep on the wedding night without looking for her husband , she realized that she was cheated. She became mad with the grief of separation from her lover and ran barefoot towards the town of KechMakran where Punhun was taken.
Had she been sensible, she should have worn nice shoes and taken a ride instead of running like a crazy women. But maybe she was short of money or wanted to save them for her expected kids. She finally and understandably died of hunger and thirst. Punhun while trying to find her meets the same fate. The tale speaks more of stupidity than love. Then we have another tragic love story of Sohni-Mahniwal. Here, the heroine Sohni, unhappily married as if happily married couples exist? This is a perfect example of a married women going astray and indulging in adultery.
This also depicts the modernity prevalent at that time whereas the women were allowed to freely swim without having to worry about the moral ramifications.
One night her sister-in-law, must be a pious women, replaces the earthenware pot, which she uses to keep afloat in water, with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.
In essence, she deserved to be drowned or even stoned to death had there existed the real Shariah. Mirza-Sahiban is another tale in which Mirza is sent to his relatives' house to study, where he meets Sahiban and they fall in love. He was sent to study but instead started romanticism. When, later in life, Sahiban is to be wedded, Mirza sahib arrives during Sahiban's mehndi ceremony and carries her away. Nowadays we call it abduction. Trying to avoid any bloodshed between her brothers and Mirza, she breaks Mirza's arrow.
So when Sahiba's brother got hold of Mirza, he had nothing to fight with and was killed. Stupidity of Sahiban can be judged from this foolish act. Subsequently she kills herself with Mirza's sword. Her self annihilation seems more out of shame of eloping with the lover than out of love. So for generations our children are told these stories highlighting the romanticism these carried.
In truth, they are based either on lust, passion, stupidity, immorality or betrayal. Another lesson from these tales is that for any happy or tragic ending, getting married is never an option.
Will never be! I am sure that next time when we will recite these so called love tales, we should not fool our kids for they are not as stupid as we tend to believe. He has authored two books titled Understanding Telecommunications and Living In The Grave and several research papers. Dr Irfan Zafar November 02, As a young man, he was married to two wives known as Akbarabadi Mahal d. Beforehand however, in AD, Khurram had been betrothed to Arjumand Bano Begum, the grand daughter of a Persian noble, who was just 14 years old at the time.
She would become the unquestioned love of his life and they were married in AD. According to the official court chronicler Qazwini, the relationship with his other wives "had nothing more than the status of marriage. Shah Jahan was utterly devoted to Mumtaz Mahal, who was his constant companion and trusted confidante and their relationship was intense. Indeed, the court historians go to unheard of lengths to document the intimate and erotic relationship the couple enjoyed.
Although his father's rule was generally peaceful, the empire was experiencing challenges by the end of his reign.
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