By: Shubeen Fida,
Once upon a time there were two friends named Arwaah and Kandi. They were also best friends and neighbors. Arwaah and Kandi always played together and sometimes they used to travel to Mirani dam from Dasht as they lived in Dasht and Mirani dam was close to them. They used to go there every morning.
One day while they were going to the dam, they saw a book kept aside. They picked the book up and opened it. The conversation began between Arwaah and Kandi. Arwaah said, “I wish I could read this book.”
At the same time, Kandi added, “You are right, we have no school and we are also children.”
“Maybe that is why we are poor.” She stated trying to grasp the reason behind no girls’ school in their town.
Arwaah took the book and went home. An hour later, she went to her mother and asked, “Why isn’t there anyone to teach us?” Her mother was surprised and asked in counter, “Why are you asking about this today?”
Arwaah handed over the book to her mother and replied, “I want to write such a book, but why can’t I write? This author is a Baloch woman and our dress is the same. If she can write, then why can’t I? Mom, I want to be like her.”
The book had the picture of the author, who was a Baloch woman, on its cover page. She was Karima Baloch, the courageous Baloch woman who was exemplified as the ambassador of Baloch women.
Her mother, trying to cover all her words in one sentence, replied, “You can be like her but there is no school for poor people like us,” she continued with disappointment, “and I cannot afford to send you to the city for an education.”
Arwah understood everything, wiped her tears before falling down and silently went out from the room.
Education is necessary for everyone and everyone should be given equal rights to get education. Sadly, women have to go through no or not facilitated schools in most of the villages and towns which results in most of women as out of school. According to official government reports, also furnished by the Alif Ailaan, only 76 percent women in Balochistan are out of schools.
Published in Daily Makran Times
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