Begum Ka Takiya

• Author: Pt. AnandKumar• Setting: Village Bagdar inhabited by very very

poor civil work artisans• Brief background: – Read pages ii and iii– Radio rupantar and plays enacted– Read pages 9,10

• The Story

The Story

• The characters: board, pages 22, 23 (brothers)• The genesis: 4 questions – pages 18 – 21• Dariya Shah gives money to Peera & leaves• Meera flees with treasure – page 41• Meera reaches Aish Mahal as Saudagar (trader)• Nur Mohd - marriage of Amina with Peera• Meera returns with Ronak, Sabrang &

Allabanda, an astrologer’s forecast, gives 300/- to Peera for marriage

• Dariya Shah returns – money for Peera

The Story• Problems at home before arrival of Amina• Ronak leaves old home, demands 300/- back,

fights with Amina, Peera leaves home after passing on Dariya Shah’s money with Sadru

• Returns after 10 months and meets Sadru• Unites with Amina and sees Ramzani, happy• Wants to celebrate, gives no money at home• Engages people and buys material from hard

earned money & runs out of money; hungry • Meera demands loan, wants to build Ronak

Mahal as fast as possible, does not get people

The Story

• Engages Videshi workers at 4 times the salary• Amina loans Peera’s tools to Videshi workers• Videshi workers stay at her place • Work on Ronak Mahal begins but Peera not

happy, breaks the wall many times, Amina wants construction for money she gets

• Ronak found a way to solve this issue• Ramzani burried with the foundation place• Ronak ridicules Amina & blames Peera• Amina saves Peera, foundation laid, Ronak

conceives, Peera leaves to find Dariya Shah

The Story• Sabrang, Allabanda make money from Meera,

scheme along with Ronak & he becomes near bankrupt, begs for money from Amina – she gives Videshi worker’s money

• Ronak Mahal completed, Aisha Begum atrrives, child of Hakim stolen and Ronak becomes mother

• Evil exposed & thrown away, Peera returns, breaks the doors & windows of Ronak Mahal & reunites with Dariya Shah

Some Paragraphs• Page 146: on using other person’s money• Page 152: about Peera• Page 155: about ‘Apnatva’• Page 189; about Truth• Page 302: final word• Some photographs

Dariya Shah with Peera at Takiya

Sadru – another greedy construction worker

Peera, Amina, Bundu Miyan and son, Ramzani

Peera wants to celebrate

Peera can not return loan amount

Dariya Shah in disguise of Videshi Mistri

Amina loaning Peera’s tools to Videshi Mistry

Peera giving accommodation to Videshi Mistry for free

Ronak & Uncle fooling Meera and the world

Peera upset with talks about construction of Ronak Mahal

Peera with Ronak’s brother Sabrang and Uncle Allah Banda

Peera and Amina loosing Ramzani

Amina with Kariman after loosing child

Begum Ka Takiya Team at Pruthvi Theatres