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First, They Broker a Deal For A Daughter’s Body. Now, They Get A Deal For Her Corpse

July 5, 2023

News around us tells us that the brokering of deals over the untimely deaths of women is not rare. It is as common as the crime itself. The nature of such monetary saudas exposes the reality of our most personal relationships – as being hollow, fragile and dispensable.

Meet The Parents

July 5, 2023

When people talk about striking a deal, what I remember are the innumerable deaths of women. This is because when a woman is alive, society brokers a deal over her dowry and when she is dead, the deal is over her body.

A Contract Without Terms

July 5, 2023

Marriage is a contract, as much as it is a ceremony. Drawing from her own life and marriage, a case worker writes about the nikahnama as a contract, the terms of which are seldom explained to women by maulvis.

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First, They Broker a Deal For A Daughter’s Body. Now, They Get A Deal For Her Corpse

Meet The Parents

A Contract Without Terms