Mother-in-law: (With herself) the weather is very cold… let me sit in front of the sun so that my bones warm up… look here… how awful is the condition of the yard… look at these dishes in the yard… Madam is sick… then what Farzan has done since morning… (Calling) Farzana… Farzana… where are you? Look at this situation… I haven’t brought the daughter-in-law but a queen… she can’t do anything… she is getting benefits of using the excuse of pregnancy and all day and night she is sleeping…
(Sound of opening the door)
Farzana: (With Pain) ah… haa.. Yes auntie… were you telling something?
Mother-in-law: (With anger) what should I say… look at this situation… look at this house… what are you doing since morning… others are not pregnant like you… haven’t you seen Kabir’s wife? She is also pregnant… but she is walking like a lioness everywhere… her house is neat and clean… she has also three children… look at the others and shame… now what’s up… and where are you going?
Farzana: (With Pain) Auntie I have too much pain in my waist… once I am going to clinic and I will be back very soon… once I returned then I will do all the work.
Mother-in-law: (With anger) Nazir is too much unlucky… in walking around you are fine… other people have daughter-in-law and me too… it is all my sin… unreasonable I accept the words of my son… I didn’t marry my niece to him… she would have covered all the issues of our life…
Farzana: (With Pain) don’t say these words auntie… I am going and be back soon…
Mother-in-law: (With anger) go… anyway this house doesn’t have an owner… I am also getting lost to reduce my worries…
(Street environment – Sound of goings and comings of people)
Mother-in-Law: (With herself) it is not clear that Gul Ghutai is home or not… I want to go to her house and see her daughter-in-Law… I know that her daughter-in-law would be a nice lady… she is her niece… finally I reached…
(The iron door is knocked)
Gul Ghutai: (From Far) who is there?… come in… the door is open (Sound of opening iron gate )
Mother-in-Law: (With hurry) hello Gul Ghutai Jan… how are you?… how did you scatter the cotton here?… have you washed it…
Gul Ghutai: (With Joy) hello to you… how are you Nazir’s mother… how did you recall us… I have recently purchase the cotton… I am going to make a mattress for my grandchild… come and sit in the sun… I know that you have leg pain…
Mother-in-Law: (While sitting) hope you be fine Ghutai Jan… nothing left from me… my hands and legs are not working…. I don’t have anyone to take care of me…
Gul Ghutai: I don’t hope so auntie… what are you saying… then what is your daughter-in-law doing?
Mother-in-Law: (With Jest) nothing… all the day from mornings to evenings she is sleeping… either she is sleeping or walking… she is not taking care of her life and house…
Gul Ghutai: (Seriously) don’t let her like this… otherwise she will be habited of it… if she is pregnant then what… her job is to do all the job of the house… it is not free to eat husband’s food…
Mother-in-Law: (With Sadness) what should I do then Ghutai Jan?
Gul Ghutai: (Seriously) tell the whole story to Nazir… he knows and his wife… do you know… my daughter-in-law cannot breath in front of my son… she is also not saying anything against my words…. Anyhow the fear is also very good in these situations…
Mother-in-Law: (Thinking) I will punish my daughter-in-law in a way that she will remember forever
Nazir: (Calling) Farzana… Farzana… if the tea is ready bring it to me because I am too tired…
Mother-in-Law: (With Jest) don’t wait… neither tea nor meal is ready… your wife is only walking and not taking care of the house… she just washed the dishes of the breakfast and lunch… also she just cleaned the yard… she is really lazy woman… I am really ashamed against the neighbors…
Nazir: (With Sadness) what are you saying mother… Farzana is a good wife…
Mother-in-Law: (With Sadness) you are at the office from morning to evening… ask it from me that either she is a good woman or not… I have taken care of six children… my house was neat and clean… I was working with your father on the fields from mornings to evenings… but what is your wife doing?… she is either sleeping the whole day or going to walk… leave me… she is not attentive to me at all…
Nazir: (Wondering) mummy now you are angry therefore you are saying so…otherwise Farzana is a good woman… (Calling) Farzana… Farzana… where are you?… isn’t the tea ready?…
Farzana: (Replying) wait a minute… it would be ready in a couple of minutes…
Mother-in-Law: Look… it is almost an hour that you are here but the tea is not ready… also not the meal… I just said… I am not concerned to only myself… I hope that tomorrow your life won’t ruin…
Nazir: (Deeply breathing) you are right mummy… I should seriously talk to her… I married the wife to take care of my home and family… take care of you… let me talk to her…
Message of Drama: Sometimes the violence of one woman against the other create problems for the safety and peace of another woman, with removing the enmity and hate and sense of revenge; we can establish an environment of safety and happiness with each other.
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