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“ Gainda ” and “ Honour ”

“ Gainda ” and “ Honour ”. Caste System, Child Widow and Purdah. Lahore. Locations of the two stories and Earth . Shahjahanpur. Bhaiyya. Shamshad. Kallo Bai. Aligarh, Where Chughtai studies and Hyder was born. Connections between the two Stories and Earth. child wedding

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“ Gainda ” and “ Honour ”

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  1. “Gainda” and “Honour” Caste System, Child Widow and Purdah

  2. Lahore Locations of the two stories and Earth. Shahjahanpur

  3. Bhaiyya Shamshad Kallo Bai Aligarh, Where Chughtai studies and Hyder was born

  4. Connections between the two Stories and Earth • child wedding • Partition in both “Honour” and Earth

  5. Dulhan Sindoor, bindi, attar (perfume) Lehnga vs. salwar (baggy trousers) Ghunghat, razai (quilt) Burqua (p. 72)一種遮住身體和臉的印度婦女服裝 Hindi words associated with women and wedding

  6. “Gainda”: Plot • The story in 5 parts: • The narrator playing with Gainda before her marriage; • Playing with her after G is a widow; • Distanced from G, who gets closer to Bhaiyya • Turning point. The narrator begins to attract Mewa. • The narrator gets rebellious. After leaving for two years, she came back to find G with a baby.

  7. “Gainda”: Characters • How do we tell the class difference between the narrator and Gainda? p. 46 • How is the narrator related to Gainda, who is actually a servant? p. 43, 46. • Why do they like to play “Dulhan-Dulhan” and the make-up ritual? pp. 42; 44. • What role does Bhaiyya play in distancing G and the narrator? pp. 43; 45

  8. “Gainda”: Gainda’s and the narrator’s growth • How does Gainda adjust to the changes in her life? Will Bhaiyya go back to her? • Does the narrator grow up? Does she remain envious of Gainda at the end?

  9. “Gainda”: Gainda’s and the narrator’s growth • Gainda – Though not getting a lot of respect or resources, she is active in life and her desire, playing the roles of wife, widow, mistress and mother. • The narrator’s growing process: • Feeling envious; p. 43 • Still treated a kid; p. 44; • In need of attention. 48 • Revengeful; p. 46; 49 • Different from the social judgment of Gainda, she accepts Gainda’s baby.

  10. “Honour”: A Woman in Purdah • The story in 6 parts: • Shamshad engaged in Shahjahanjur; pp.67 • After family disasters, she keeps waiting. pp.68-69 • After Aziz’s marriage, she dresses herself as a white widow. pp. 70- • Aziz’s death in 1947. p. 71 • She leaves home in strict purdah dress to work in New Dehli; p.72 17 yrs • Going to Bombay. P 74

  11. “Honour”: A Woman in Purdah • Does Shamshad adjust well to the changes in her life? p. 68, p. 70, p. 71 • What constrains Shamshad? What kind of “purdah” is she in? p. 67, p. 73 • What is the importance of the bathroom? pp. 67, 69 • Where does she end up working? pp. 74-

  12. Shamshad Her “purdah”: • her pride and family honour as Pathans (有阿富汗血統的印度人) and Rohilla (阿富汗Roh 山區的人).p. 68; • The bathroom pp. 67; 68, 69 – Once it is a treasure cave, with her as a treasure and confined in it. But it is also the only window through which she looks at the outside world. When her cousin gets married, it becomes a dark well to drown her and blind her to reality. • The final irony of her existence. • Is it possible for one to be so blind?

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