Kafeel shows us the cost of that obedience when you ignore your gut, your voice, and your dreams. you don’t save anyone, you lose yourself. it’s your right to live the life you want for yourself. your heart and mind are biased; confused by loyalty to family, shame, ingrained, traditions, guilt, fear.

We are taught that marriage is the goal, but the truth is simple: marriage is not the most important thing in life. The drama tells a very simple story—one that at least 95 percent of girls in Pakistan face. The question is, is this level of obedience necessary?

A capable, talented woman obeys her parents and marries a man who is emotionally inadequate and small-minded. Slowly, her life turns into a series of taunts and insults. At every step, she is made to feel unworthy. She looks for peace in the smallest of places, neatly arranging clothes in a cupboard, holding onto silence because speaking feels pointless.

When she finally breaks down, her father tells her she can take a divorce, that she is not a burden on them. But by then, it is already too late. She has learned how to break and compile herself back together. She has turned to stone. She convinces herself that this is life now, that perhaps one day her patience and sacrifice will pay off. Maybe her love and care will change her husband. Maybe he will finally understand.

But is that the reality? Do people truly change because someone loves them enough?

In our society, countless capable women are suffocating in their in-laws’ homes. Their skills, their education, their potential—everything slowly fades to zero. The greatest gift given by God, life itself, is something they watch being wasted day by day.

That is why we are told to choose our partner wisely, because this is not a short journey. It is a lifelong one. If you grow exhausted along the way, you don’t just get tired—you break.

You do no one a favor by sacrificing yourself and living in misery. You only have one life. Guard it. Protect it. And above all, Celebrate it.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)