Auk Aur Pakeezah keeps delivering and this week it gave us major food for thought. It made us realize how women compromise, lose themselves and their identities along the way. Keep reading.
This is not just Aliya’s story. This is your mother. Your sister. Maybe even you.
Aliya highlights four sad realities of every woman after marriage.
1. Losing Oneself
“Aainay kay samney say guzri to khud per nazar pari, pata nahin kitney salon baad khud ko dekha hai.”
It is after years that she sees herself in the mirror and doesn’t even recognize who she is.
2. Becoming What Others Want You To Become
“Sari zindagi perfume nahin lagaya kay aapko bura lugay ga.”
She becomes what her husband wants her to be, sometimes from fear and sometimes out of love.
3. ‘Log Kia Kaheinge?’
“Lipstick nahin lagai kay beton ko achha nahin lagay ga.”
What her family would say becomes more important than what she really wants.
4. Prioritizing Others Over Yourself
“Kareley gosht pasand hai, lekin banaya hi nahin kabhi, koi khaata hi nahin hai ghar mein.”
Sacrificing her own desires and prioritizing her family’s wishes becomes her second nature.
Many women we know might be going through or might have experienced the same thing. It’s time we stand with one another and become a pillar of support.
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