Beating of women

Suraya: (Gathers the teacups and moans with herself)

Oh my hand….. God….. How bad it pain…

Zulmai: (coughs) Stop… Stop…. Be quite…. I felt pity for you ……otherwise I would beat you as much as you die ……I am going… If you want beating again then go to your sister house….( voice of opening and closing the door)

Suraya: (spitefully) God…give me better days…. Whatever I did the heart of this man did not soften…. Every night he arrange pretext on something…..Oh God….. What should I do?

Humaira: (calls outside of the house) Suraya…. My dear Suraya…. Are you at home?

Suraya: (calls) come further …. I am here… (Voice of opening and closing the door)

Humaira: (worriedly) Oh dear sister …what is going on? What happened to you? Again this cruel man has beaten you?

Suraya : ( with full throat) What I should say dear Humaira, I don’t have good day from this man…he makes pretext everyday on something….one day on cooking… one day on house… one day shopping… my whole body is black from beating…I hate the life anymore…My God give better day!

Humaira: (mercifully) don’t worry …. Don’t oppose with him…obey him….

Suraya: (With full throat) It doesn’t work…I am doing his servitude, I went yesterday to my sister’s house she was sick when I returned so he punished me… I am fear a lot from him…I stay every night with fear … I don’t know what to do…my whole body has turned dark black!!

Humaria: O! Oh… So so …. (Thinks) Dear sister Suraya…. What is coercion that you bear this type of life? How long you fear? How long you are beaten… Go to your father’s house…. Or go to court and present a petition against him…the time is now different…it is not well he beats you every day!

Suraya: (Uncomfortably) you know dear Humaira… I have gotten heart illness…the bones of ribs have broken many times…my whole body is broken in pieces…if the situation is so then I cannot endure ….

{Music}

(Voice of opening the cooking pot and putting back)

Zulmai: (angrily) what is food?

Suraya: (Swallow her saliva and fearing) Eggplants with potatoes…

Zulami: (angrily) you don’t know that I don’t like eggplants?

Suraya: (with fear) I know! There was no money… I cooked whatever was available in the house….

Zulmai: (angrily) now you have cooked put it that I eat it….

Suraya:  (Puts the food in the dish) here is it, eat it (gets busy) … eat it … you will enjoy it… it is tasty…

Zulmai: (angrily) Put it soon… I am very hungry (while he swallows the mouthful) what is this… it is so sour…. (Zulmai throws the food away)….

Suraya: (uncomfortably) why did you throw away? It is sin… God’s anger will come… it is aliment…

Zulmai: (gnashes his teeth) stop …. Stop… that is enough…. Now you are doing charlatanry against me …. Now you will see what I am doing…

Suraya: (Apologizes) Please dear Zulmai…. I did mistake … please…excuse me… I apologize …..

(Zulami push Suraya toward the wall, kicks and boxes her)

Zulmai: (beats her angrily)… Now you are doing charlatanry with me? Raffish….Silly woman!

Suraya: Please… don’t beat me… I got injuries… …I did mistake… don’t beat me… For the sake of God…

Zulmai: (Tired from beating) if I come next time and there is not proper food I will send you directly to graveyard… did you understand….

Suraya: (cries) you injured me… For sake of God… it is enough anymore…

{Music}

(Voice of cock)

Zulmai: (sleepy) Suraya…. Suraya… wake up and breakfast … it is late…. Suraya I am telling you….she might have gone out….. (Calls) Suraya… Where are you? Are deaf? (Worryingly) Where is this woman… (Opens the door and calls)

Suraya… Suraya… she is not in the yard as well…. If she has fled I will punish her …. I will kill her… (The door is closed strongly).

(Worryingly) Where is this woman…? (Opens the door and calls) Suraya… Suraya… se is not in the yard as well…. If she has fled I will punish her …. I will kill her… (The door is closed strongly).

Message of the Drama:

Beating, tormenting of women causes their continuous fear and disappointment, makes them discouraged and running away of the life so let us make happy the sphere of the house by kindness and love for all family’s members.