A Different View

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!