#haq

Wear headphones lovelies 🎧

Qubool Hai, Aami's version 💌

Such a painfully beautiful song ☹️

This was a birthday gift for my girl @tere-naal-nachna 🎉 Learned it just for her 💗

I am NOT a hindi speaker, nor do I understand it fully. So PLEASE forgive my pronunciation mistakes. Also pardon any flaws you find <3

I do not own the song. Full credits goes to the original creator.

started off thinking it was just another Indian court room drama and boy was i wrong

the way it showed how the women in bano's life played a huge role in upholding the patriarchy - how women are sometimes given power under the illusion of support from men but it's not real power (r.e bano's mother in law)

and then showing the roles women have to play in indian-muslim culture, managing to perfectly balance the line between criticising the effect the patriarchy has had on the cultural practices within islam and accepting that islam itself isn't the problem, the patriarchy and those trying to pit hindus and muslims against each other are

again the nuance is breathtaking and the fact that they deal with intersectionality here, with bano being a muslim woman is INCREDIBLE

a lot of these sorts of movies tend to vilify Islam - look at this backward religion and how badly they treat women, ignoring the difference between culture and religion and all the external factors that these are affected by

so this movie was a wonderful change from that narrative

also the acting from the female lead is INCREDIBLE

A mirror held up to self-styled Muslim leaders, selective scholars, so-called feminists, loud Leftists, self-proclaimed librandus, and the Congress ecosystem that chose appeasement over justice.

It also exposes the brutal reality within parts of Muslim society in India, where uncomfortable truths are buried, reform is resisted, and women are told to suffer silently in the name of identity, tradition, or “community honour.”

By overturning the Supreme Court’s verdict for vote-bank politics, they didn’t empower Muslim women. They pushed them into uncertainty, silence, and suffering, all in the name of “representation,” while real women paid the price.

HAQ exposes the hypocrisy:

1. When politics overrides reform

2. When society protects patriarchy instead of women

3. When ideology silences victims

4. When so-called feminists vanish because the issue is “sensitive”

5. When “progressive” voices abandon equality

6. When justice is sacrificed for appeasement

This film forces society to confront what it keeps denying.

Each movie filled me with a plethora of emotions, from absolute sadness to overwhelming pride, and I am glad I’ve gotten to see these movies in my lifetime.

The Greatest Lesson of Karbala — Standing with Haq, Sabr, Haya & Dignity. A reminder that true strength lies in faith and patience.