What My Feudal Lord was, if not kiss and tell, it was definitely an oversimplification of her 13 years of married life with Mustafa Khar, with only the bad parts of her marriage recounted with missionary zeal, and no mention of the good parts.How can it be that a married life after such a roaring affair did not have any good moments? Or perhaps these were left out because it would make Mr. Durrani again, playing the perennial victim, trying to sell her new book and justify her old ones. There was hardly any discussion about women’s plight in Pakistan, rather justifications all over again. How a woman clad in a Versace scarf and designer burgundy red shoes (remember Red Shoes?), with a face and body desperately trying to defy age with her many cosmetic surgeries and procedures, claim to be the victim, the unsure, battered former wife turned social activist of Mustafa Khar, is baffling. The conversation, or rather the monologue, with the moderator only acting as the encouraging onlooker, was as interesting an exercise in self glorification as there ever was one.
Tehmina Durrani, called, Beyond the Veil. In the midst of the hoopla, I chanced upon to hear the conversation with Ms. It presented a variety of voices and viewpoints to the audiences, which made the festival vibrant and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed the Lahore Literary Festival, 23rd – 24th of February, 2013 in the culturally starved city of Lahore.