Though there is a reference in this show to 'The Promise,' a Booker prize-winning novel by Damon Galgut, a South African writer, this is not a book review. Though there is a reference to a Pakistani drama serial, this is not a review of the drama serial either. This is a lament, a critique of every society that takes a promise ever so lightly. A promise made with no intention of keeping it is cruel. It's worse than a lie, because you are giving hope in a promise. In this episode of Keynote 180 Radio show, Dr. H. M. Saleem dwells upon a promise made to a South African housemaid.