Sweet, pretty on the outside, and loathsome on the inside, even her own son, Ashar was in the dark about his mother’s true self.
Vitriolic, vile, and vindictive, Farida is anyone’s nightmare. By renouncing her right to the only reason for her survival (Hareem), she shines as an example for all the virtues of a woman, a human being and a mother. I cried for the only character in this show that did not deserve even a percent of what was meted out to her at the hands of her husband and her mother in law. My heart broke into a thousand pieces when Ashar read her letter stating why she left Hareem with him, and I wasn’t aware of the tears streaming down my cheeks at the humility with which Khirad wrote the letter even though Ashar did not deserve it. She is THE woman, every worthy man’s dream come true – Strong, resolute, dignified, humble, and brimming with unconditional love for her child. Khirad, and in retrospect, both Ashar and Hareem, need not have gone through the hell at the hands of his mother if only he had trusted his wife, as a husband should. He failed to reach out to his wife when she needed him the most and that is an unforgivable failure of a husband. He was blinded by his ego, his insecurities, and his lack of trust in his love. The words of his father on his deathbed that should have ideally made sense to him years ago comes back to haunt him along with the letter, reinforcing Khirad’s innocence. In the letter, she explains the injustice meted out to her by his mother and Khizer.
The fog over his mind finally clears in this episode when he finds the letter Khirad wrote to him years ago. We see how all the characters reach their destination solely based on their actions, decisions, and choices.
Author’s note: In this episode, we see the birth of truth and the death of desperation.