If we so much as utter a sigh, we become infamous, but even if they commit murder, nobody speaks of it.

Akbar Allahabadi captures the bitter sting of life's double standards with an unforgettable contrast. On one hand stands the vulnerable lover whose gentlest sigh of heartache is magnified into a public scandal, while on the other is the dominant beloved whose overt cruelty passes without a whisper of blame. Beyond the realm of romance, it speaks warmly yet candidly to how society forgives the powerful for monstrous wrongs while punishing the powerless for merely mourning their pain.