The Pakistani Bride: Pain of A Woman

Abstract

Krishna Says in the Chapter 10 stanza 34 of the Srimad Bhagwat Geeta ‘I am in the women as Kirtih Srir Vak Ca narinam smriti megha dhrtih k shama (Srimad Bhagwat Geeta Ch.10 Stanza 34). The lines reveal the strength of the woman in the same way as chaturvedi Badrinath opines “ Like a river, woman is the flow of life, and the flow is feminine” (1)

The truth of a particular woman in a particular situation is not actually what it conveys rather it becomes the spontaneous flow which explores the great reality of woman’s life. Bapsi Sidhwa’s ‘The Pakistani Bride’ explores the same fact. This novel is based on an actual incident of a Pakistani girl. Bapsi Sidhwa and her husband Noshir had been invited to a remote army camp in the Karakoram Mountains. There she came to know that a young Punjabi girl had run away from her tribal husband. But on finding her, her husband killed her on the spot as he could not bear the incident of losing his honor. This story inspired Bapsi Sidhwa to narrate the whole incident through her artistic and practical approach.