06/07/2021
There are a lot of examples around us about women who walked through the rough realities of the world, who walked through fiery thorns, still managing to keep their crowns held gracefully. We have heard a lot of stories of powerful women who struggled throughout their lives to introduce a change in this cliché society, who wrestled to feed their children among the vultures of our country, who stood against the orthodox beliefs of this era, though either way, woman faces much more struggle in the recognition of her voice than men. It simply isn’t easy for getting support either morally or spiritually being the opposite gender. Women empowerment is considered to be a blow from the west and is criticized countrywide, though this conservative mind set needs to be demolished as our religion also emphasizes to respect and cherish woman beings. If a woman speaks for her right, then instead of diminishing her voice, be her shoulder and according to my opinion there is nothing more empowering than unity in all human beings, for if we walk hand in hand, setting aside all our personal differences, then world could be a better place for all of us. I am not gender biased but I do not believe in stereotypical mindset of the society, which portrays women as inferior beings (professionally speaking) by providing those wages or promotions less than that of men. Today I will be going to talk about less recognized yet the most powerful and esteemed woman, who came across my life. Her name is SABEEHA KHANUM, the owner of Quetta tea point located in Bani Gala.
Starting from scratch, the idea of opening a tea house came across her mind. Instead of taking impulsive decisions, this young woman started working on the ingredients of the famous Quetta tea and she traveled across the city, tasting and savoring different types of chai. She did experiments with the tea, trying to create something magical yet enigmatic, in which she succeeded later on. This intellectual woman bought a place with the most mesmerizing landscape view and converted it into a tea house, serving Quetta.
