He was never taught that to live one has to work hard. This left my husband with an emptiness, even the promise came to an end. Within 9 months of our marriage, his father died a sudden death. We got married and his father's promise remained incomplete. When it was his age to take up work, my husband was always told by his dad, not to worry about work, as he would set him up a Business soon. He came from a Nawabi family that never had the concept of making the boys work. This was qualification enough for my dad to let me marry the man I fell in love with. Though my husband never earned anything while we got married, he came from a very rich family. Like any other young girl, I had a thought of getting married to a guy who earns well, who is settled well in life. Come 20th July '19, I shall enter into the 21'st year of marriage. It is one of my best reads of 2018.I have been married for 20 years. Overall, it was dark, disturbing reality that we see in the stories in this book. But the 12 stories that the book offers tackles one issue and leaves you thinking. I wish there were more stories in the book. I couldn’t pick one that is my favourite because every story struck an uncanny emotion in me. The language is quite lucid and the narration is very thought provoking. The author tackles issues like gender discrimination, unrequited love, terrorism, poverty, patriarchy, child abuse etc. All the stories cater to the theme of “Things She Could Never Have” so all the stories are women centric. The book has short stories about the uncommon life of common people. – Things She Could Never Haveġ20 pages short read by Tehmina Khan was sent all the way from Toronto Hy the author for an honest review. We sang, danced, and took precautions against AIDS.
There was a time when we were invited to dance at births and weddings, but those invitations we’re becoming scarce. The polite ones told us that Allah does not like hijras the ruder ones simply cursed and abused.
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