When she was born, people commiserate with her parents because of culture. They used that it’s gloomy day when a daughter is born. This is a part of value to society.The birth of a girl is commiserated. It means that In Pashtun society we can assume from these words that girls and the birth of girls are not valued. So Society feels sorry for the father when a girl is born. However only her father was different. He celebrate her birthday and even gave a handsome gift of money. In addition he took the tree, drew a line like a lollipop from his name and at the end of it he wrote “Malala”. And there are also the paragraph, daughters are hidden behind a curtain while the birth of a son is celebrated with rifles fired into the air. That having a boy is an exciting day and must be celebrated meanwhile it is a sad thing to have a girl and it must not be celebrated. It’s mean that girl has only simply role in life to prepare food and give birth of a children. A birth of a girl wouldn’t be celebrated by most of the people. In the society, birth of a girl is not important. Usually, no one brings gift for a birth of a girl. Her father wanted her to be as Malalai who was a woman who has a voice and played different role among women in Pakistan.
And he gave the namesake of a hero to another possibly implies that her father wanted her to have a successful future. But grandfather knew that namesake carries burden and thought that it could make her dangerous. Because Malalai was killed under fire, but her words and bravery inspired the men to turn the battle around. But her father knew that she will become a great and helpful person in future.