This is a summary of quite an old story, probably written during
India-Pakistan partition time.
A woman named Malika goes to the hospital for treatment. While
filling out the initial form, nurse asks her: "Who's your
'Malik'?"
Malika gets angry and says, "I am not a cycle or clock to
have a Malik!"
Annoyed Nurse asks: "What is the name of your husband?"
Malika answers: 'I don't have a job.'
This time surprised nurse asks for explanation and Malika says:
"Every person has some job assigned to him/her. Like you are doing a job
of nurse. This doctor has his profession in medical science. In the same way,
when we get married, husband gets a job of being a husband and wife gets a job
of being a wife! I don't have a job means I am not yet married."
Now the nurse gets confused. So Malika continues, "every job
in the world has appraisals, promotions and increments. A Field Marshal becomes
General someday, a General becomes Lieutenant General someday. But this does
not happen in Marriages."
Again annoyed, nurse asks, "So what are you expecting? What's
there in the marriage which would count for this appraisal or promotion? How
are you going to justify this?"
Malika smiles and says: "Yes, there is a system. It's very
simple and straight but very difficult to find out. Even I haven’t seen any
such case. Promotion would refer for a husband from being a husband initially,
growing into a lover. Being a lover and finally growing to a god for his
wife!"
Pretty different thought, isn’t it? Linking a very complex
relationship with such a simplified bond!
This is the magic of Amrita Pritam!
