Nake
Perveen (1909/10)
The following is an exceprt from Act I, Scene
2 of Nake Perveen (also called Silver King), written
by Agha Hashra Kashmiri in 1909 and staged in 1910. In this dialogue
between Afzal and his faithful servant Tehseen, the dejected Afzal
who considers himself unsuitable for his chaste wife and innocent
daughter and seeks refuge in gambling and alcohol can be seen as
a symbolic representation of the disheartened Muslims after the
end of Muslim rule in India finding themselves unequal to the role
of being custodians of true faith.
Agha Hashr Kashmiri
Source: Agha Hashr Kay
Dramay Volume 3, Edited by Ishrat Rahmani, Majlis Taraqqi-i-Adab,
Lahore
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