Daniyal Mueenuddin Short stories

1. Prepared by:
Abdullah Saleem

2.  Born in 1963 -Pakistani-American Author
 Belongs to a rich landlord family of southern Punjab
 Worked also as a journalist, a director, a lawyer and
businessman
 Short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

3.  K.K Haruni- A retired bureaucrat and landlord- a
symbol of upper class feudal society.
 Husna – an ambitious lower class servant
 Saleema – an unprivileged girl who longs for a true
relationship
 Rezak- a humble-faithful old servant who is
abandoned by his family
 Nawab Electrician – Poor father of 12 children who is
stuggling hard for survival
 Shah Sahib (secretary ) , Hassan Cook, Rafik walet

4. Upper class
 Pomp, Luxury
 Artificiality
 Stagnancy
 Unprivileged but exotic
 Ambitious
 Corrupt
 Inferiority complexes
 No voice in society
 Unrewarded services
Lower class

5.  Homi Bhaba:
Ambivalence
Hegemony
 Otherness
 Gayatri Spivak:
 Subalternity and voicelessness of the unprivileged
class

6.  Marxism and Marxist Feminism
 Oppression of the lower class by the capitalistic
economy
 Women oppression by feudal lords

7.  The relation between both classes is need based
 Both classes are significant part of every society
around the world
 The balance can be attained by creating an
understanding
 The lower class should receive respect and enough
amount to meet its needs

8.  "The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so
that people began calling him 'Uncle' and asking his
opinion on world affairs, about which he knew absolutely
nothing.“ ( Nawabdin Electrician )
 “You are important people, and I’m nothing and my family
is nothing. I have to obey.” ( In other Rooms, other wonders
)
 “I know what you all think,” she began. “You think I’m a
slut, you think I poison my husband. Because of him I’m
alone, and you all do with me as you like. I’m trying to live
here too, you know. I’m not a fool. I also come from
somewhere.” (Saleema)
 “When Ayub needs me, I work. He pays me in dying
chickens and loose change.” ( A spoiled Man)

9. Don’t Be satisfied with the stories
told by other
Unfold your own myth
-Rumi
A message for the Researchers

10. Thanks for the
Patience