Heer Waris Shah
Sarbpreet Singh
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S1E94 Verse 93 Malki's fury
In a toweing rage Malki summons Mithi, the barber’s wife and commands her to bring Heer to her. Triggered by Kaido, she pours a stream of abuse upon her daughter using colorful language, which will…
S1E93 Verse 92 Kaido urges Malki to punish Heer
Chagrined at being rebuffed by Chuchak, Kaido approaches Malki to vent his spleen. He warns her that her daughter’s brazen ways will bring her much trouble and he urges Malki to chastise her. Kaido,…
S1E92 Verse 91 - The village women complain to Malki
This verse provides social commentary on the patriarchy, honor and the control of ‘wayward daughters’. A society that elevates the collective at the expense of the individual cannot accept Heer’s…
S1E91 Verse 90 - Chuchak's Wrath
Kaido’s allegations elicit an angry and dismissive response from Chuchak, whose family honor has been impugned. He roars that his daughter has been at play with her friends and has been spending her…
S1E90 Vers 89 - Kaido at the village council
Kaido manages to salvage some of the churi and rushes to the village council. There he declares that he has evidence that Chuchak’s daughter is brazenly roaming the woods with the new herdsman.
S1E89 Verse 88 - Heer threatens Kaido
Heer threatens Kaido with dire consequences and demands that he return the choori he took from Ranjha, fearful that it would be evidence of her doting on the cowherd.
S1E88 Verse 87 - Heer catches up with Kaido
Heer races to catch up with Kaido and descends upon him like one of the Furies, throwing him to the ground and thrashing him.
S1E87 Verse 86 - Heer and Ranjha confer
In dismay Heer tells Ranjha that he should have bene more careful, who responds that he did not know Kaido was spying on them; he had just seen a disabled beggar begging for food, not realizing that…
S1E86 Verse 85 - Heer is distressed
Heer, realizing that the person who approached Ranjha was Kaido is, distraught. She declares that Kaido is a trouble maker who will surely go to her parents and tell them about their daughter’s…
S1E85 Verse 84 - Kaido approaches Ranjha
Kaido approaches Ranjha and begs for food, claiming to be hungry and the lad gives him a fistful of the choori that Heer has brought him. When Heer returns from the river, where she had gone to fetch…
Verse 83 - Heer brings food to Ranjha
The narrative moves forward rapidly; even as the poet paints an idyllic picture of Ranjha grazing the herd and Heer bringing him a lavish meal, a new character, Kaido is introduced. The lame Kaido is…
S1E83 Verse 82 - The Pirs bless Ranjha
Waris Shah has his hero encounter the five most storied Sufi saints familiar to the people in his time. Khawja Khizr, the immortal patron sant of mariners, who had drunk from the fountain of life,…
S1E82 Verse 81 - Ranjha meets the five Pirs
Ranjha enters the woods with Chuchak’s herd on a hot day and encounters five saints, who bless him by saying that he will feast on fine food and will drink rich milk. When they tell him that he…
S1E81 Verse 80 - Heer reassures Ranjha
Realizing that Ranjha, who hails from a proud and affluent clan, is not likely to take to servitude well, Heer tries to reassure him. Fearing that the village lads will mock him for being a servant…
S1E80 Verse 79 - Heer goes to her mother
Heer excitedly goes to her mother and tells her that she has engaged a sikful cowherd, who will keep their cattle from straying. While she extols Ranjha’s virtues as a cowherd, she hides the fact…
Verse 77 - Heer presses her father
Heer ptotests to her father that Ranjha, wise and fair, will be a huge asset to him when disputes relating to cattle straying, or being stolen are brought to the village council. She declares that he…
S1E78 Verse 78 - Chuchak retains Ranjha
Chuchak agrees to engage Ranjha and commands Heer to turn over his herds to him. At the same time he admoinishes Ranjha, reminding him to stay vigilant and maintain tight control over the herd, which…
S1E77 Verse 76 - Chuchak's misgivings
Chuchak continues to express his misgivings, musing if the lad kows anything about the ways of the Dogar Jatts, who claim noble descent and are a proud people. Using Chuchak as his mouthpiece, Waris…
S1E76 Verse 75 - Heer pleads Ranjha's case
Heer continues to advocate for Ranjha, telling her father of his pedigree, his origins and his virtues, perhaps appearing to present a suitor rather than a potential servant!
S1E75 Verse 74 - Chuchak questions Ranjha
Intensely suspicious of Ranjha, Chuchak unleashes a barrage of questions about his antecedents and the reason for his leaving home and wandering. He sarcastically compares Ranjha to a chief at the…
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