this is a three act play by Dr. Zahoor Hussain. in this play the situation of a today's women is described in a sophisticated way to describe the real issue in a better way.

1. PRESENTED BY: MALIK MUHAMMAD ALI
PRESENTED TO : DR. ZAHOOR
HUSSAIN
TOPIC : “EVE 2000” BY “DR. ZAHOOR
HUSSAIN”
BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY
MULTAN,

2. AAAA

3. DR. ZAHOOR HUSSAIN

4. BIOGRAPHY…
 Born in Multan.
 He did his Bachelor from Emerson College
Multan.
 He did his Master in English Literature and
Linguistics from BZU Multan.
 He did his M.Phil (Linguistics) from BZU Multan.
 He did his PhD (Linguistics) from BZU Multan.
 He was also Lecturer (Department of English)
in BZU Multan

5. CONTINUE..
 Now he is associated with Department of
English at BZ University, Layyah Campus.
 He is performing his duties at BZ University,
Layyah Campus as Head of Department
(Department of English) and also as Program
Coordinator both at Bachelor and Master level.
 He writes in both English as well as Urdu
Language.
 A well learned and well defined writer who
knows how to describe the things in a
appropriate manner.

6. WORKS..
 A song of a blind bride
 Eve 2000
 Many Urdu Short Stories.

7. CHARACTERS…

8. SUMMARY…
 A one act farcical play.
 The act starts with a well decorated drawing
room with new looks of an early polish of the
wooden furniture and almost full sized, paints on
the wall at certain places dull and somewhat
worn out too. There are many chairs lying in the
room but two chairs are placed face to face with
a small table in between them, the only hurdle
between the speakers face to face.

9. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka, who is an 35 years old champ, does
work in a private firm as a accountant.
 He is very famous for balancing everything and
kowtows before his seniors. In short, he is very hard
working man.
 He is reading a newspaper, when the silence breaks,
there comes a lady – a pulpy not too heighted with a
shrill tongue, who is well built and impatient moving
here and there like a squirrel and chirping like a noisy
bird. An irritating one too. She is the Wife of Mr.
Rohdka. Her name is Willi Owl Kearan and popular
as Wolka. She is also named as Mrs. Rodhka.

10. CONTINUE…
 She pesters her hubby with a volley of
questions.
 She inquires from her husband that what
kind of tiding are in the newspaper, where
MR. Rohdka answers that nothing very
important. But one issue is there in all news
papers that is about Women’s World Day.
 Then a chit chat between Mr. Rohdka and
Mrs. Rohdka starts on Women’s World Day.

11. CONTINUE…
 Mrs. Rohdka presents his point that women are
competing men in every sphere and of life, and
a day will reach soon when women will rule men
completely. There Mr. Rohdka admits her point
that they are emerging threat for men.
 Mrs. Rohdka says that women are no doubt
excelling men in every field of life e.g. in
professional work, in official matters, in art
science and technology. Eve is making herself
felt everywhere. This is not a land locked entity
now. This is a 20th Century. Eve, Eve 2000.

12. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka becomes angry on that one and he
says he there is no need to be so hyper on that
articles. These are the articles for the sake of
articles. That’s all.
 Then a scuffle of argumentations between them
starts.
 Mr. Rohdka states that I know who they are.
They are just show pieces and I know what are
their contributions in a true sense of a word? Its
0.

13. CONTINUE…
 Mrs. Rohdka flares up by hearing this and she
rejects her husband point of view that women
are contributing 50% in every field and walk of
like.
 Mr. Rohdka says with a taunting tone that I
absolutely appreciate that fair sex after
unsexing is boosting, making progress. He
further says that in this modern era companies
are exploit you in the same way as you were
treated in the oldest business of the world.

14. CONTINUE…
 Mrs. Rohdka flares up by hearing, she presents
his point that women are not slaves, they are
not made for taking care of children, for making
delicious food, or for doing household chores.
We should break the very old traditions of
society and should bring equity in society.
 Mr. Rohdka states his popint that it is the duty of
every women to take care of his children, to do
work at home, to make delicious food to feed his
family.

15. CONTINUE…
 But Mrs. Rohdka rejects this point that these are not
the duties of a women and I will not accept this kind
of duty at home. You are traitor, you abnegate all my
thoughts. I am an modern women.
 But at that moment Mr. Rohdka at last speaks up, in a
taunting tone that I know how you are performing
your duties. You are feeding children with artificial
milk, a gall, and venom. The problem of washing
clothes is solved by washing machine. Cooking range
provides the food you want. I hate technology, I
accurse it.

16. CONTINUE…
 At the end Mrs. Rohdka says you men are
traitor you made us slaves from unknown
century. Now at that time, at that minute –
“Novum Organum – a new law – a law of august
justice – the law of fifty fifty – that you as a male
must share in every household chores equally.
 Mr Rohdka says its impossible but Mrs. Rohdka
says that this a new law and you have to follow
it. By saying this she leaves the stage. And
scene first ends at that point.

17. CONTINUE…
 Another scene starts in a kitchen where utensils
are scattered everywhere.
 Mr. Rohdka is sitting perplexed on the floor as a
first year student bullied by so called senior.
 He has a mug of water in one hand and flour in
a big dish to be kneaded soon just in front of
him with a jar of salt lying beside him.
 Mr. Luka, a servant is also with Mr. Rohdka in
the kitchen.

18. CONTINUE…
 Both servant and master are sitting next to each
other.
 Mr. Rohdka is completely disturbed. He asks
Luka, What are you looking at me? Would you
like to help me in this messy situation? . Then
he ordered Luka to provide him a spoon.
 Mr. Rohdka asks Luka, what are you perceiving
here? How is my performance in kitchen?.
 Luka replies, my dear liege, you are making
Man O Salwa!

19. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka inquires Luka, Would you like to
let help me know the ratio of salt in the flour?
Where Luka replies, I think Sir, one spoon for
one bread.
 Mr. Rohdka mixes the salt in the flour by
assessing the amount of flour.
 Then Luka starts his story that his wife has
also divorced him because he didn’t perform
in household chores well.

20. CONTINUE…
 Luka confuses Mr. Rohdka about the amount
of salt he mixed in the flour.
 Luka is having the plate of sticky flour on his
head, seeing toward Mr. Rohdka, moving
towards the door and Mrs. Rohdka coming
from another direction, lost in his thoughts
and a collision between them happen and all
the flour spread on the floor with a roar.
 And only voice emerges.. Oh my God!!!!

21. CONTINUE…
 Another scene starts, this scene has been
shifted in the drawing room with almost the
same sort of arrangements mentioned in first
scene.
 In this scene Mrs. Rohdka is seeming relaxed,
while Mr. Rohdka is got bitter and short
tempered.
 Mrs. Rohdka is watching TV, and celebrating
that Afridi has scored fifty! And Mr. Rohdka is
fed up of this cheer up!

22. CONTINUE…
 Then a conversation between Mrs. Rohdka and
Mr. Rohdka begin where Mrs. Rohdka is
choosing a dress for the function of his friend
and Mr. Rohdka is inquiring him that who will
take care of a child?
 Mrs. Rohdka replies that Mr. Rohdka will take
care of him because of the law of fifty fifty. And
she doesn't want to talk on this issue anymore.
 She also ordered Luka to take care of his
husband and the child.

23. CONTINUE…
 Another scene starts, which shifts toward the
bed room where the child is the central place
between Luka and Mr. Rohdka.
 Many things are scattered around the baby, a
feeder, a jug of milk, nipples and children
clothes, and the atmosphere of room is very
noisy an irritating.
 Child is yelling, yelling and yelling while Luka
is rocking the cradle.

24. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka thinks he is hungry and he
should be feed with milk, then a actual scene
starts.
 Where Mr. Rohdka finds the feeder after
many efforts and yelling at Luka and the
inquires him where is sugar.
 Luka postmortem the cupboard and finally
find a plastic shopper of sugar and handover
it to Mr. Rohdka.

25. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka inquires Luka that where is
spoon? Where Luka reminds of him about
the law of fifty fifty.
 Mr. Rohdka goes to the kitchen, Luka asks
him about the milk, where he replies that
bring milk from fridge … take some milk that
we shall make feeder for young generation
babt void of mother milk and affection.

26. CONTINUE…
 Luka mixes the sugar in the milk by the law of
fifty fifty but Mr. Rohdka stops him by saying
that this law is not applicable everywhere.
 But the child is still yelling and making the thing
atmosphere fussy and messy.
 Luka prepares the feeder for the child but at the
end main thing is how to fit nipple on the feeder.
Both tries their best but all in vain.
 At last they become succeed by covering the
head of feeder with nipple.

27. CONTINUE…
 Now the main issue is nipple is without hole.
 Luka tries his best to make hole in the nipple
and in the way of making this he enters the
pin from one side of feeder and ejects it from
another side of the feeder.
 Now he covers the hole with his htumb but at
that time door bell rings and Mrs. Rohdka
calls Luka because he is having many
shopping bags and she wants Luks’s help.

28. CONTINUE…
 She yells at door where are you Luka?
 Luka says to Child O Babe, you know there
is the law of fifty fifty in this house. Fifty
percents your papa wield and fifty percent
your mama on me.
 He replies Mrs. Rohdka that Madam I am
coming..!! and moves towards the door.

29. CONTINUE…
 Another scene starts that has been shifted
again to the drawing room with a note of
seriousness and graveness.
 Mr. Rohdka asks Mr. Rohdka for tea who is
completely lost in his daily activities and didn’t
respond.
 When Mr. Rohdka asks her for second time she
replies that there is a law of fifty fifty and
because of this law I am supposed to offer you
tea.

30. CONTINUE…
 Mr. Rohdka says I am going to end this law
but Mrs. Rohdka opposes this by saying that
now this law promulgated through you to
others families in the surrounding and finally
in the world.
 But Mr. Rohdka says if you will not repudiate
this law then I will divorce you.
 Mrs. Rodhka opposes this by saying that you
will not divorce me.

31. CONTINUE…
 At that time Luka advices Mr. Rohdka that
you should marry again but Mr. Rodhka
refuses his offer by saying that you can I
handle two wives and two children as well at
a asame time.
 But Luka reminds him of the law of fifty fifty
but Mrs. Rohdka opposes this and at that
she declares the cancelation of law of fifty
fifty.

32. CONTINUE…
 At that time child cries and all the atentionof
the characters shift toward the child.
 Luka rushes towards the baby by saying that
now you have hundred percent right on me.
 Then the curtain falls.
 The play ends.

33. ANALYSIS…
 This play entertains an august audience and
give them a didactic lesson through the
follies of common life.
 Hilary and boisterous atmosphere is created
through comedy of situation.
 Feminism runs throughout the play.
 The issue of gender discrimination is also
runs through the society that is described in
a lighter tone.

34. CONTINUE…
 Females are advancing in almost every fields
o9f life but it doesn’t mean that modern world
is divided into different entities.
 Simply and plainly, the advancement of
science and technology have united all the
chaps of this planet.
 Author basically seems to justify that the
same rules are not applicable everywhere.

35. CONTINUE…
 This play basically deals with the dilemma of
modern generation as T.S Elliot has lamented in
“The Hollow Men”.
 The law of fifty fifty when is demanded in
domestic domains cannot be applicable in the
case of making tea as equal sugar to milk.
 The idea of over addition of things transforms
into poison is quite innovative and thought
provoking.

36. CONTINUE…
 Another aspect of this play deals with thwe view
that Pakistani husbands deal their wives
delicately and cherish them like the sweet flute
of Orpheus.
 They also know their veto-power to divorce.
 In Pakistani society, divorce has negative
repercussions and impact to women. That’s why
at the end of the play Mrs. Rohdka agrees to
repeal the “Noum Organum” – the law of fifty
fifty.

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