Bapsi Sidhwa began her writing career at the age of 26 after visiting the Karakoram mountain-area of Pakistan with her husband. She was touched by a tragic story of a young girl who had been brought to one of the area's tribes as a bride. After being there for a short time, the girl ran away from her husband’s home. The tribals considered this a highly dishonorable act. Some of the men hunted her down and murdered her. “When I came [back] to Lahore, the story haunted me,“ says Bapsi Sidhwa. “The girl’s story, the poor tribals, the way they lived, all [of] that I wanted to write about,” she adds. Sidhwa first wrote a couple of short articles about the beauty of the Karakoram mountains. However, feeling compelled to tell the girl’s story, she decided to make her first attempt at fiction writing and sat down to write a short story which turned into her first novel, The Bride (also in print as The Pakistani Bride). It is a work of fiction based on the events from the tribal girl's life.
Through her first novel, Bapsi Sidhwa discovered a love for writing. The Bride took four years to complete because, she says, “I wrote it then re-wrote it. Sort of experimented with it, made it into a huge backdrop, [added] flashback.” Though it took four years, it was an experience which she says she enjoyed so much that soon after completing The Bride, she starting working on her second novel
2006-07-18 03:32:59
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I don't understand why you put this question in this category? It's got NOTHING to do with special education..... or ANY education for that matter.
Oh but wait! You submitted it twice... in two different categories. BOTH of which are WRONG!!!!!
2006-07-18 10:46:42
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