gynocentric : means there is an extreme fanode point of view

kyriarchy : social system that represents any kind of domination. embedded

societal conditioning : how society shaped you

themes: caste oppression, widow marriage premarital pregnancy, homosexuality

domestic help, widow , young, works for upper class , falls for son
narration in 3rd person kind off not really as she is in action

starts with proclamation

shy , know the mechanics of marriage

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 first physical interaction , touches gainda not narrator

show intimacy present atleast from bhai

there comfort in intimacy

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 shows how for girls marriage was an achievement

mocked as she had married

why? as she is
not married,
you're not
supposed to
want these
things aswomen
are at a
nullerable doesn't know the true reason why
porition so
showing maturity
can put a target
on her. Male
dominance

feels neglected

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insight to her thoughts , shows transition to pubertylenage

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 Their relationship
is mutual. reached
a space where
they understand
and have
committed but at
the same time
no direct education there is repulsion
even on important from gainda
issues like this because she was
even though this is widow
their ultimate
achievement. even
in a wealthy
household like
this. the idea is
taboo. self learnt

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 gainda was more feminine and graceful which made the narrator awkward

women as
her friend
prostitute and enemy,
juxtaposition

both are angry that gainda

got beaten
taking out their
anger on different
ppl they can take
their anger out
on. also, the
affection for
gainda is same
from both. "both"

inferiority, neglection to gainda

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this is normal for someone that has reached puberty but narrator doesnt know this. neglection adds
fuel to the fire

alot of
natural way
of telling the
story. a
greatest trait
of chugtai

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 kind of tree

her view. she was shocked that she was slapped. gainda's comfort with bhaiya to even slap him. told in such a way that
narrators ignorance comes out but not ours

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frustation of
observing things but
not understanding
them

her source is gainda

even though she also
is just 13 years old

trying to imitate gainda with bhaiya. shows how much she wanted to be like her. lack of ambition,
touch so trying to take it from where she can get it. desperate

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 trying to replaying the scene. she is excited but nothing is happening in her life of such
sort

even though she

says that mewaram
is a pig, she still
wants to experience
that touch.

Things regarding
health were also
not discussed as
the society had
kept them as
taboo

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brother sent
away to keep him
away from
gainda. not non
consensual

rebelled against the family

clueless.
attitude of the
household
toeard gainda
has changed

she has grown. gained a bit of understanding and put 2

together

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 she is not bothered by the relationship but only her affection for gainda; not the societal taboo. this is the kind
of love she has for gainda.

she fears that

even the
narrator will
be disgusted
by her like the
rest of the
family

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 pointing out to
the lack of sex
education

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gainda spirits were destroyed. she needed the narrator to get it back. their relationship in which she took pride in
being the one with more knowledge about such subjects was coming back as she took pride in knowing certain
things

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