Tehmina Durrani’s Autobiography My Feudal Lord: Unmasking Politicization of Religion and Relation

Abstract

Tehmina Durrani broke long endured silence of her thirteen year marriage and
challenged a feudal lord of Punjab, Mustafa Khar, by telling him that she has decided
to stand on her own feet without any social crutch of husband’s shelter and surname.
Gradually the words of Tehmina gained international momentum and represented
her as a woman who was determined to achieve her identity by her own effort and
zero tolerance for abuse of her self respect. The last dialogue between Tehmina and
Mustafa on telephone is a symbolic representation of self liberation from patriarchy
and emergence of an assertive voice out of a terrified woman from the influential elite
class family of Pakistan.