Importance of weather.

The author uses weather as way to foreshadow drastic changes within the novel. It is the wind that is portrayed the most as it blows shortly before any major events happen. Usually the heat and wind are the two main items within this as the wind blows new events into the life of Mir Nihal. During the oppressive heat, some of Mir Nihal's pigeons died, causing him to look in on them more often; which is where he is when news of Babban Jan's illness comes to him and makes him forget to close the door and allows the cat to enter. The heat is also reflective of Asghar's mood in the beginning of the novel as he is temperamental and depressed at the thought of not being able to marry Bilqeece. Once he finds out that the arrangements for the wedding will proceed, the weather breaks into milder temperatures.