character sketch of abhiley
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The writer ‘Abdul Gani Sheikh’ has beautifully portrayed a rendezvous of simplicity and
ignorance with modernity in his short-story-Abhiley. The character of Abhiley is worth contemplating
and we come across many such Abhileys in our day-to-day life. A woman who has led her entire life in
sheer ignorance and simplicity is suddenly exposed to the complicated and abstruse world of
modernity. Her reaction obviously would be sometimes humorous and sometimes pathetic.
The very beginning of the story shows the apprehensions and fears that haunt in the old age. At
the same time, we are also introduced to the indifference of others towards Abhiley. The younger
generations mostly fail to understand elders love for them and when they realize it is already too late.
While other family members take it easy, Abhiley is not ready to accept the separation from her loved
ones. She always misses Ruksana her grand daughter and keeps asking everyone about her
whereabouts.
Abhiley is simple at heart. She knows nothing about modern technology and outside world. So
her, Srinagar is as distant a place as Turkey. She is truly a very innocent and ignorant woman. If she
hears of a mishap anywhere, she at once, becomes worried about her grand daughter, Ruksana.
She is a talkative lady and loves to chatter with her friends about familiar matters. She loves to
gossip. Once she went to see a movie. The movie bored her. It was a horrible experience to see moving
images on the screen. Someone told her that it was about mother-in-law and their bad treatment of their
daughter-in-law. The next day she sat on roof top with other lady and spewed poison on all mother-inlaws. Such was her innocence that she failed to understand that she herself was someone’s mother-inlaw.
Abhiley also suffered from the fear of crowds. Once she had gone to annual dormice festival.
The hustle and bustle squeezed breath out of her and she decided never to go there again.
She is a loving granny. Once she heard that there were floods in Srinagar, such was her love for
her grand daughter, she ventured out of hamlet (which she would have never done before owing to
some fears) just to know about the well-being of her grand daughter. Once convinced, she became so
restless to go back to her home that compelled the author to purchase return tickets on the very same evening .
Answer:
The writer 'Abdul Gani Sheikh' has beautifully portrayed a rendezvous of simplicity and ignorance with modernity in his short - story -Abhiley. The character of Abhiley is worth contemplating and we come across many such Abhileys in our day-to-day life. A woman who has led her entire life in sheer ignorance and simplicity is suddenly exposed to the complicated and abstruse world of modernity. Her reaction obviously would be sometimes humorous and sometimes pathetic.
The very beginning of the story shows the apprehensions and fears that haunt in the old age. At the same time, we are also introduced to the indifference of others towards Abhiley. The younger generations mostly fail to understand elders love for them and when they realize it is already too late.
While other family members take it easy, Abhiley is not ready to accept the separation from her loved ones. She always misses Ruksana her grand daughter and keeps asking everyone about her whereabouts.
Abhiley is simple at heart. She knows nothing about modern technology and outside world. So her, Srinagar is as distant a place as Turkey. She is truly a very innocent and ignorant woman. If she hears of a mishap anywhere, she at once, becomes worried about her grand daughter, Ruksana.
She is a talkative lady and loves to chatter with her friends about familiar matters. She loves to gossip. Once she went to see a movie. The movie bored her. It was a horrible experience to see moving images on the screen. Someone told her that it was about mother-in-law and their bad treatment of their daughter-in-law. The next day she sat on roof top with other lady and spewed poison on all mother-in-laws . Such was her innocence that she failed to understand that she herself was someone’s mother-in-law.
Abhiley also suffered from the fear of crowds. Once she had gone to annual dormice festival.
The hustle and bustle squeezed breath out of her and she decided never to go there again.
She is a loving granny. Once she heard that there were floods in Srinagar, such was her love for her grand daughter, she ventured out of hamlet (which she would have never done before owing to some fears) just to know about the well-being of her grand daughter. Once convinced, she became so restless to go back to her home .