A Thousand Splendid Suns

The Irony of Nanaad holding and reading a book that portrays 2 strong women who fought through so many adversities and hardships against a society that strongly adheres to male dominance. A book that tells the story of a man who died at the hands of his prey. The 2 female characters suffered domestic abuse from a man they both were married to due to their uncanny circumstances, but ultimately persevered as one woman sacrificed her freedom for the liberty of the other. Now that they referenced to this book, I can get a glimpse of Ashwini's backstory of how she might have been forced into this marriage with Ninaad. She is the girl portraying Mariam who endured years of pain and suffering from her ferocious husband who looked religious and righteous on the outside, but dark and vulgar on the inside. That girl only got her glimpse of hope and an unbroken bond of friendship when an orphan girl like Laila entered her life just like Sai did in Ashwini's life. She found a voice and a reason to fight for. She didn't want Laila to go through what she went through. Her love for Laila was so strong and powerful that she ultimately killed her predator to set Laila free.

I am so happy that they referenced this book because now I can see the dynamics of Ashwini, Ninaad, and Sai from a different perspective. I remember when I read this book is middle school, I shed so many tears for Mariam when she found a purpose in her life even though that meant she was gonna lose her own life to the Taliban. I was so happy the entire episode until I saw the book in Ninaad's hand. He is a mirror image of Rashid. I hope he gets the same end as Rashid ( not death, but like some kind of humiliation).

The irony of Ninad reading A thousand splendid suns was exactly my thoughts too 🤣

I mean seriously of all the books! Does he know how close he is to being Rashid because of his misogynistic thoughts and behaviour. And he was talking about Sai not performing wife duties while reading it! Either he has serious comprehension issues or must be under the impression that Rashid is the protagonist and taking cues from him to increase the misogyny level.

I think its Mariam who is the first wife and Laila the younger second wife.

Omg wow! Thank you for this post. I saw Ninad reading that and was literally thinking I hope he learns some compassion and actually applies it towards his relations! It looks like he was half way through lehkin banda abhi bhi manhoos hi rehra hai so no hopes here!!! But the irony was on point🥺

i also love how you compared Ashwini to Mariam and Laila to Sai. I never thought of that and now.. wow :( God, that book is so, so good.

I hope they show about ninad Ashwani problem , unki kya problem hain.

In which circumstances they married , what kaku said Ashwani's parents begged her to make ninad marry Ashwani. Aisa kya kasiyat thi ninad chavan mein ?

I hope they explore it .