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Gul is the 15-year-old son of poor people who work for Sardar Timur, a wealthy and powerful man in Hayatabad, Pakistan. He’s suddenly pulled into a brief sexual encounter with Timur’s daughter, Farah, on whom he has had a longtime crush, and the two are discovered in an unlucky moment that has extraordinary reverberations. Furious at what he feels is his mortification, Timur calls for a Panchayat, an “informal justice system” that empowers a council of locals to mete out determinations of guilt and innocence. Author Sakhia astutely captures the nature of these easily corruptible proceedings, which are officially illegal but largely ignored by the police. For Gul and his family, the stakes couldn’t be higher; he could be castrated or killed, and his relations could also suffer gruesome fates. Meanwhile, French journalist Arlette Baudis, who has accused the prime minister of Pakistan of sexual harassment, attempts to make the Panchayat fiasco into an issue of international interest—not only to highlight the nation’s corruption, but also to challenge its sexist view of women. Over the course of this novel, the author presents a tale that is sinewy and rich, deftly depicting a traditional system of justice as a thinly disguised one of oppression. Sakhia’s sparse, straightforward prose is quietly moving, as when Baudis, in a fit of exasperated anger about the prime minister’s popular election, rages, “How stupid are you people? Where the damn hell is the moral compass?” Sakhia also manages, with great authorial restraint, to refrain from sacrificing the artistic elements of the story to a sententious lesson.A captivating drama in pursuit of dramatic truth.Kirkus Reviews "A captivating drama in pursuit of dramatic truth." - Kirkus Reviews "This intense novel of power ... reveals urgent truths and will keep readers turning the pages." - Publishers Weekly

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Badri was barely twelve years old and had never climbed a tree. She waved for her father to come down and take her to the highest branch, but he didn’t come down.“Gul will fall if I climb down,” he said. Badri didn’t quite believe him. He kept on motioning her to climb up. So, that is exactly what she did. She was able to pull herself up just a little, her hand searching for a higher branch, then she got hold of a weak branch, tried to pull herself up and suddenly everything turned upside down. She saw the tree moving away from her and then felt a splash of water. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hands and that’s when she saw Gul’s crying face. He had both hands extended. She raised her hands, hopelessly trying to grasp his when Gul unexpectedly jumped, flying wildly in the air towards her. Their eyes met for a split second and in that instant, she saw something in her little brother’s eyes that she had never seen before. She felt connected to him.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Acrobat Books (21 September 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1735453501
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1735453507
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 721 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

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Naim Haroon Sakhia is a CA Attorney-at-Law with a long history of successfully representing the client’s interests under the law in various legal forums, administrative agencies, and courts. He published multiple Urdu language short stories in the early ’90s in Pakistan’s leading magazines, before moving to the USA. After a long hiatus from writing, he penned his debut English novel ‘In Women We Trust’ inspired by real & unfortunate events that keep occurring in the name of the informal and corrupt parallel justice system, serving the whims and interests of the powerful at the expense of their dominated subjects, in many places across the globe.
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SHREYA

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Reviewed in India on 26 November 2021

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This is an interesting story of a teenager boy Gul , and the storyline is in Hayayabad, Pakistan . Gul was a poor boy and worked for Sardar Timur a rich , wealthy , powerful man of Pakistan . Being working at his place he falls in love with his daughter and he had no idea that this would change and turn his life to worse . Timur when got to know about this love story he was really angry and called for a Panchayat it is very obvious for everyone including Gul's family to know that all the decisions would be in Timur's favour . This family problem soon became a national issue and the PM himself had to get involved .
What happenes next? Will he be punished? Will his daughter face any issue?
There is a lot to read in this book author has explained a lot about politics , panchayat , and male domination . The language used is simple and easy to understand and narration done is very well.
Must read 😍👍

Reviewed in India on 29 September 2021

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The story is set in Pakistan. At first I was very confused because new characters were popping up here and there, it was hard to keep up but then slowly the author connects the dots and we gets insight on how characters are connected to each other.

The book show how corrupt these kinds of panchayats are. Siding with the people who have authority and influence, treating lower class people as slaves just because they are poor, Women are treated horribly-that parts really shook me and it was hard for me to read through it-,how people use traditional systems to oppress other people. It was disheartening to me that most of them are hard truths that still happening in 21st century.

I hated every character in the book especially characters done by men. The writing is rich and flowy, the plotline is great and the author executed it really well

Reviewed in India on 14 October 2021

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The cover of this book looked so intriguing that I was drawn to it instantly. The title also sounds quite interesting, and so I decided to pick this book up. The story is set in Pakistan and is quite heart-wrenching and intense. It revolves around Gul, a teenager, who hails from a poor family and works under the wealthy and powerful Sardar Timur. Situations turn worse for Gul when Timur comes to know about the former's involvement with his daughter, Farah. He calls for a Panchayat and being influencial, the decisions go in his favour.
Will Gul be able to prove his innocence and save himself and his family?
Parallely, a French journalist tries to turn this Panchayat fiasco into an issue of international interest.
Will finally the true sense of justice be served?

The theme is nicely chosen, but the story is a bit too violent for my taste. The plot is gripping but narration is not so engaging. The pace is slow and lengthy and some parts felt a little dragged and confusing. The lack of a proper climax disappointed me the most. The portrayal of different characters was appreciable though.

If you're interested in reading political fiction and are okay with violent content then give it a go!

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santosh

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Reviewed in India on 15 October 2021

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Book name : In Women we trust

The novel is based on a lot of different topics, such as love, fight for justice, revelation of truth, international politics, power and some more.

It's a combination of many dramas put together in this book, the book offers the reader a great deal of twist and turns.
The basic story starts with a guy named Gul, he is just fifteen and falls in love with his boss's daughter. And the big drama takes off when his boss gets to know about his love story !
One after another things just keep forming into a chain. And never just takes a break for the reader to breath and start again.
Some things and situations could be written in more better and interesting way.

The author has highlighted the corrupted political system.
It's a good novel.
The author could do better though.

Reviewed in India on 6 November 2021

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In Women We Trust is a story of a boy named Gul whose father was very poor and a wealthy and powerful man named Sardar Timur. Gul worked for Timur and was also in relationship with Timur's daughter. One day he finds out both approaching each other and was indulged in some sort of act. This enraged Timur very much that he called the Panchayat.

What do you think what could have happened next?

The story was good. Overall the book was covered with the Panchayat proceedings and hearings. The title of the book doesn't match with the story inside it.

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Eliza

Class and gender inequalities that still exist

Reviewed in India on 16 October 2021

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The story of love, injustice, suffering and politics - set in Hayatabad, Pakistan.

Gul and Farah love each other, but they belong to two different class. Gul is an ordinary young boy, whose family has their share of poverty and difficulties whereas Farah is the daughter of a wealthy Sardar.

Timur, the Sardar finds about the secret relationship between his daughter and servant’s son. He calls for a local judiciary meeting- a panchayat court where the elders and holders of power often make the bench of judges to decide on an accused. Most of the times, the ordinary is devoid of any justice or appeal in these settings. So what happens to Gul?

During the trial, Gul’s family had to suffer a lot, including the sexual assault to his sister. While this local scenario continues, a french journalist takes up this issue to bring to the world the injustices and lack of freedom/authority faced women in Pakistan and the patriarchal and political ideologies that supports it.

Overall this was a slightly depressing and long read, but portraying some serious issues like class and gender inequality, that still needs change in our society. The title is on point, because while we fight for women it’s often the men who is 'given' the win.

Read to find out what happens to their love.

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Julie S. Porter

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Spoilers: It's no secret that while women have made great strides in some countries, even gaining leadership positions and have been able to openly argue for their rights, (and even in those countries, women still have to fight for their rights as seen in certain laws recently passed in a certain state), in many other countries, they are still lagging behind. N.H. Sakiha's fact based novel, In Women We Trust, reveals just such a situation.

Based on true events, the book is set in Pakistan and focuses on Gul and Badri, the children of housekeeper Zara Bibi. While accompanying his mother to the home of her employer, Sardar Timur Barlas, Gul is seduced by Sardar's daughter, Farrah. When the two are caught in private in a very compromising position, Gul is held before the public, whipped, humiliated, and arrested.

To add insult to injury, Badri is also punished for her brother's crime even though she wasn't even at the estate when it happened. Instead, she is punished mostly for receiving an education, for being outspoken, and is seen as an example to young women and their parents. This case eventually becomes a cause celebre as many of the people in the highest positions including millionaires, journalists, politicians, and priests weigh in their opinions about this situation and what it means for families and the dynamics between male and female.

In many of the best novels based on real life issues, the authors build complex issues around memorable characters who are not only well written as individuals, but stand for all real life people who live under these conditions. In Women We Trust does that rather well by giving us powerful leads in Badri and Gul.

Badri's introduction chapter reveals the world that she lives in and her inner strength in surviving it. Most of the book is told in flashbacks, so we see Badri in prison. She has been beaten, raped, assaulted, and treated like an animal, all for the supposed crime of being a woman. She is disgraced by society and feels unloved by her parents as they treat her like a pariah. During her imprisonment, she has a dream or vision of her grandmother, Mimi Jan,the only family member who valued her. MImi Jan reminds her granddaughter about her inner strength and courage. The vision gives her a will to fight.

In one key moment, Mimi Jan tells Badri a familiar story about a man who falls in love with a fairy woman and steals her feathery wings to hold onto her. This is a frequently told fairy tale with variations told around the world. In fact, one of the most well known versions is told in Arabic lore about the Peri, a species of female fairies with feathered wings. The Peri's wings are stolen and she is kept by the man who stole them and forced to marry her. He hides the wings to keep her captive and so she doesn't remember her real identity. Years later (sometimes after giving birth to children), the Peri is told about the wings and she puts them on, leaving her husband behind. Her husband succumbs to madness because of his association with the fairy woman. (Another variation of this story can also be found in my review of Tales From The Hinterland by Melissa Albert.)

This Peri story is told by Mimi Jan as part of a longer story about a legendary prince and his lineage. While Mimi Jan's version leaves out the dark disturbing ending, the story of a fairy woman is an archetype and metaphor for the real life situation between men and women found within the book. Men in the book want to keep their women in captivity, while many of the women want to find their identities and self actualization. They want to be recognized as the focus of their stories, not as a stumbling block scapegoat or a femme fatale leading men to destruction.

This is the bravery that Badri displays throughout the book particularly during her imprisonment, the courage that says that she is a person and deserves to be treated as an equal. One of Badri's strongest chapters occurs while she is raped by a prison guard. He violates her and tries to break her spirit, but Badri stands her ground. She argues that she is not a slut or a whore and challenges both the guard and Sardar for their behavior towards her, the guard for the rape and Sardar for dismissing her.

While Badri is the main woman in the story, she isn't the only woman who is forced to take on a subservient role in this society. Many of the men in charge swear by a status quo that requires men and women to be treated separately. There are men like Sardar and the Imam Mullah Aziz who delight in the finest homes and reputations that Pakistani society has to offer. They dominate and control their homes with iron fists. When Sardar first learns about the encounter between Farrah and Gul, he vows to kill Farrah until she tells him what he wants to hear. Aziz openly insults and verbally abuses his wife in front of her children, treating her like a servant. The Prime Minister is in the middle of a scandal in which he promised to give a female French reporter, Arlette Baudis, a cell phone so they can exchange in private conversations. Many of these men brag about their sexual exploits while paying lip service to family values. (sound familiar?)

Even some men who don't take an active role in maligning women are still involved in the false perception of and domination towards women. Badri and Gul's father, Shams had little contact with his children before the trial and was unaware that his daughter was going to school. While he pleads for Gul's life, he is less interested in Badri's and finally accepts the punishments that they have been given.

Even a more enlightened character like agent, Aamir Shah who works alongside Arlette to expose the Prime Minister and give the Gul and Badri story worldwide coverage, still has shades of being a man caught up in his own sexist views. He mistakes a successful attractive businesswoman for a prostitute and can't resist belittling Arlette's provocative feminist views.

Just like in real life situations, the men are often aided by conservative women who prefer to uphold the status quo. Sardar's wife, Sarah Kunam can be just as cruel as her domineering abusive husband. Since the household is supposed to be the woman's sphere, she whips and beats her servants like Zara Bibi to maintain control. She also beats Farrah to force her to say that Gul tried to rape her to take the blame off of her daughter.

Similar to her husband, Zara Bibi becomes passive towards the treatment towards her children. Even though she pleads for their case, she reluctantly accepts their imprisonment falling into despair. While she isn't intentionally cruel, her passive acceptance towards this unfair treatment is a factor.

Another situation in this book that mirrors real life is that when one group is marginalized, others are as well. Many hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan begin by attacking African Americans, but they have also attacked and fought against people of Jewish faith, Communists, LGBT people, and have definite views about the restrictive roles for women. Once one group is maligned and attacked, it becomes easy for hate groups and those in charge to do the same to others. (Think how many individuals and groups that Trump and his supporters have vilified and threatened.)

We see that In Women We Trust as the attacks are spread to others like the impoverished and those with disabilities. Gul's account is not believed because he is the son of a servant and in their eyes is unworthy of justice. Part of the reasons that Shams and Zara Bibi acquiesce to their children's imprisonment is because of their status as servants. They would have nowhere to go and would become beggars.

Gul's abuse is particularly cruel because of his poor status. Many wealthy men with connections get away with being alone with women and young girls, but Gul is made an example of. He is poor so is treated as less than human. His public punishment deprives him of his humanity as he is forced to wear a leash and is beaten before an audience.

Another servant who is treated very lowly is Chaman, a young eunuch. He stands outside of society, often mocked, derided, suspected of being a thief, and often ignored. He is seen and expected to be in the background if he is permitted to exist at all. However, Chaman is able to bring himself forward as a star witness to Gul's trial. Even though Chaman is vile, it's easy to understand why he chooses to act as he does. For the first time, he is listened to and is made important.

While the situation is dour, there are some who fight against the circumstances. Farrah could be seen as a villain, since her seduction of Gul is what started the whole thing. Even though she seduces the young boy, she is mostly doing it out of curiosity, boredom, and frustration. She wants to do what most men do, take someone just because they can. Her seduction of Gul is her claim to take charge and assume any kind of leadership position. For once in her life, she gets to have power over someone else and a young man at that.

Another female character that challenges the status quo is Arlette. She is a very argumentative capable character. She gives Aamir her reasons over why she fights for equal rights for women and how she has seen such inequality in her own life and experiences, such as how men like the Prime Minister attempt to sexually assault her. She is the type of person who continues to do her job and to be a voice for those who can't speak for themselves. Perhaps, she is the type of woman Badri could become if she retains her fighting spirit.

Because of its close proximity to real life events, In Women We Trust, is very realistic on what the outcome of this trial could be. In a society in which such inequality exists and is filled with people of the highest echelon that refuse to let the status quo get shaken, anything but a guilty verdict is impossible to imagine. However, because of how public this case has become and because many are swayed by the poor treatment that Badri and Gul receive, there is an underground tension that is threatening to explode by people who are angry with being demonized and treated like second class citizens. Sometimes, the only way to change things is to express anger and outrage and force people to listen.

What is apparent is this case of In Women We Trust ends up not just being about Badri and Gul. It is about all oppressed people, especially women, who have been forced into silence and have been dehumanized. They are finally ready to speak, stand up, and be counted as equal individuals.

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