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Life Without Conflict
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Hindu Husbands Are Weak
Hindus, by their very nature have a propensity towards
conflict. That is why it is said that Hindus spend their lives in
conflict. Muslims on the other hand, are smart. They fight
outside of their homes but they will not fight with their wives at
home. Some Muslims however, have become like the Hindus
by living with them, but to me, in these matters, the Muslims are
still better than the Hindus. Some Muslim men pamper their
wives a lot. As a contractor, I used to visit many Muslim homes
and have tea with them. I did not have any prejudices. One day
I visited one such home and to my surprise, the man started to
push the swing on which his wife was sitting. So, I asked him,
“Does she not take advantage of you when you pamper her this
way?” He replied, “How is she going to take advantage of me?
She does not have any weapon to do so.” I told him, “Our
Hindu men do nothing of the sort because they are afraid their
wives will take advantage of them.” He then asked me if I knew
why he was pampering his wife. He told me, “We do not have
a bungalow; we have only these two rooms to live in, so if I
fight with my wife, where would I go to sleep? My whole night
would be ruined. So I just fight with everyone outside the home
but with my wife, I keep everything clear.” If he comes home
empty-handed when the wife had asked him to buy some meat,
he promptly tells he will buy some the next day. Then the next
morning he tells her, “I promise I will get some meat today from
wherever I can,” and yet he returns home empty-handed. His
wife gets annoyed with him but he knows how to pacify her,
“My dearest only I know what I am going through,” and he
somehow manages to appease her with his smooth talk, but he
will not get into an argument with her. Whereas what do the
Hindu men do? They will say, “You keep pressuring me. You
are trying to control me. I am not going to get it.” You fools!
You cannot talk this way, by doing so you lose your worthiness.