What is Sohni Mahiwal?
Q: What is Sohni Mahiwal?
A: Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story and one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab.
Q: Who are the other three popular tragic romances of Punjab?
A: The other three popular tragic romances of Punjab are Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiba, and Heer Ranjha.
Q: Who is the heroine of Sohni Mahiwal?
A: The heroine of Sohni Mahiwal is Sohni.
Q: How does Sohni meet her beloved Mehar?
A: Sohni swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mehar herds buffaloes.
Q: What happens to Sohni at the end of the story?
A: Sohni dies in the whirling waves of the river when her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water.
Q: How many popular tragic romances are there from Sindh?
A: There are seven popular tragic romances from Sindh.
Q: What are the seven popular tragic romances from Sindh collectively known as?
A: The seven popular tragic romances from Sindh are commonly known as Seven Heroines (Sindhi: ست سورميون) of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
