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A Pair of Jeans by Qaisra Shahraz Summary

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“A Pair of Jeans” is a short story by Qaisra Shahraz. The story revolves around Miriam, a Pakistani- British girl whose life drastically changes because of a mere piece of clothing. The story starts with Miriam coming out of the bus after hill walking with her friends in the North West of England. As the occasion demanded, she wore a pair of jeans with a short vest and jacket. After a hectic trip, Miriam reaches her house and gets the shock of her life when her future in-laws coldly welcome her. After witnessing Miriam wearing Western clothing, her in-laws are also surprised as they have seen her in such attire.

 

They were disgusted at the sight of her future daughter-in-law, whom they thought was a perfect eastern daughter-in-law. Miriam tried to recover from this shock and greeted them but was only replied with a mumbled greeting, “Wa Alaikum Assalam,” by her future mother-in-law. All three of them are welcomed by Fatima, Miriam’s mother, who never thought to see Miriam in such clothing before her future in-laws.  

 

Fatima would generally never question her daughter if she told her where she was going and with whom she was going. But now Fatima was viewing things from a different angle. She was viewing it through the lens of Miriam’s future parents-in-law, who had never seen Miriam in a western dress before. Fatima signals her daughter, and she rushes to her room to change the dress, which creates havoc. After changing her clothes to what her in-laws preferred, i.e., a Shalwar Kameez, she returns downstairs. Fatima tried to entertain her guests, who appeared to be quite displeased and failed to do so. Soon after the arrival, Miriam insisted on returning, saying they had guests. They left the duo of mother and daughter bothered without eating anything.


They had come because of setting the marriage date between Miriam and Farook. After leaving Miriam’s house, Ayub and Begum soon reach their villa, where they start discussing Miriam’s dress and questioning her modesty. After a long discussion, they decide to break the engagement. Fatima is informed of this decision by a phone call from Begum. Begum chooses not to tell about the real reason they broke off the engagement and instead excuses herself by saying they wanted to marry Farook to his cousin (the daughter of Begum’s sister). Miriam, after hearing this news, is baffled. She quickly enters her room, takes out the pair of jeans, and starts to ruin it like it has destroyed her life. 

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