On Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s The Story of a Widow
In much of South Asian society, grief has strange rules. A widow who remarries is often seen as improper, even shameful. A widower, on the other hand, is expected to remarry sooner or later. Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s The Story of a Widow doesn’t point this out directly. Instead, it quietly takes this double standard apart, […]