the young man rightly feared he would be stopped and put behind bars for being a spy and trying to attack shajah, but the darogha divulged he would show the royal seal on the letter so it would open all gates for him and he in fact would be transfered very smoothly before shajah
the young boat man was picked up he was also very witty, he was asked if he could carry a message and return without any of his men knowing about it, for a gold coin, the young man was eager to meet a shehzada specially shajah , he had never seen a royal prince in life, he agrees to carry the sealed royal letter stamped and for every trip he made to get a gold coin
the darogha 's regular routine included going up to the sea shore where the boats and boatmen lived, fearing the war against shajah could begin any time people had stopped travelling, so the boats were not in active use any longer, the darogha knew someone who could carry the sealed letter across to shajah's camp
shehzada the next morning called his darogha amir qali to find a most trustworthy and responsible and clever messenger who would keep his message secret from the rest of the men and give his letter only to his uncle
the guests left as silently as they had arrived, the shehzada opened the envelope to read the letter', it was for muhammed sultan by his uncle declaring his natural affection and expressing his love for him, his daughter aziz banu was pledged to him, since the old parents had died, aurengzeb had taken over the reigns, dara shikoh was killed, murad was imprisoned, fearing for his life, because every contender to the throne was removed
at that time noone except the mysterious visitors was present before the shehzada, he was presented a diamond studded sword and a beautiful crystal tasbih sent by his uncle shajah with his great affection
the helpless prisoner who was the emperor of hind till the day before was impatient for jehan ara's return to tell him about dara shikoh, he had sent her to delhi, when jehan ara entered akberabad it was the time to light the lamps,, the gates of the fort of akbarabad were in gloom,, the chariot entered the fort , she alighted, forgetting her status of shehzadi, almost running she reached her father sitting in the zharokha overlooking the river jamuna, across it stood the taj mehel invisible at that moment but could be felt by shahjehan
shehzadi was travelling in her rath-chariot surrounded with her horsemen for her safety on the road leading out of town, some people ran after her following as far as they could, at delhi gate the chariot moved towards agra the journey took ten days to complete, by the time the news of dara shikoh beheaded by aurengzeb his own brother had become stale
shehzadi jehan ara had appealed for mercy towards her elder brother dara shikoh,, she was returning to akbarabad with information that one rainy night dara shikoh was beheaded
urging the urdu lovers to love urdu and not just be interested in urdu , it is one of the richest language in the world , regarded as a heritage , its sweetness is captured and retained in huma urdu digest to let the reader community relish it with detective stories and travel distant exotic places otherwise impossible to reach
do the experts really need to educate people that they need to excersice, how long they stay in chairs, glued more than five hours at one sitting, in offices, schools, homes, cars everywhere, as a result they put on heavy weight leading to health problems,
love is a dream nestled in eyes
nor does it let sleep, nor let keep awake
sadra beghum asked anya if she was feeling fine, that it was not proper to find out whys and why nots of haves and have nots, it was impossible to tie up things in life,relationships were meant to be built , it could sometimes take ages but time did not matter much, to be understanding faithful and acting wisely was imperative, it was up to her ---the woman to make miraj realise his dreams, because their happiness depended entirely on their mutual expectations of each other, she as miraj"s mother knew her son so well, he was a kind hearted man also a strong headed person
For love is destined for the chosen souls
its that song that can not be played on every tune
what was showing in mareaj tughlaq's eyes, she could not understand it, or did she not actually want to , declaring she was tired stealing the reflections of each other's emotions it was an ultimatum ,a declaration not to be disturbed
in his peculiar tone and accent the shah pir spoke to nadya, that she was blaming herself and feeling low because she had aborted performing the method of offering prayers as instructed, the reason her husband was in that poorly condition, there was a multifold evil shadow looming over them , because of her his own power had been wasted , she was amazed , she had not told him a thing about herself, yet he recited all , he must have some special powers to find out about a person"s present past and future, nadya thought impressed
nadya became restless and quite disturbed after dr ferqan left, she was guilty of zergham's condition, only because of her he was ill, she had failed in following the instructions of the pir shah
the next morning there was a great buzzing activity in and around fayaz villa,the feast was at night, but sabahat beghum was hyper active from morning, confused and confusing the staff in particular all the maids looked wrecks, ama jan offered her guidance that was instantly rejected for sabahat did not want to give anyone any reason to complain later that she was not able to handle the feast without pari
ama jan had just finished praying, her namaz was over, she had from day one declared that particular room specially for prayers, it was exclusively a prayer room where the entire family read the namaz, , the decor of the room was purely off white and silvery that glowed adding it a beautiful aura of added spirituality
tired fayaz entered his house, taghral was in the lounge, for the past week he had been kept busy with sabahat"s orders seeing him he sat beside him, who remarked he seemed very busy, which is normal , taghral compared notes he was also happy with his factory construction soon to be completed of which he hoped fayaz would honour by becoming its head leaving his prior business partnership with his old friend
come let us go to where
the moon is in love with his own light
fly glow worms around
hover impatient moths on flames
not to burn but to live
in that direction move on
a peacock dancing with peahen
flower valley stretches to horizon beyond
the limits of sight
stopping in that village
blessed air to breathe
let us live there
for the rest of our lives
the air was fragrant of flowers decorated around,safdar jamal had arranged for flowers to fill up the entire mansion for the get together party he was throwing because sena was back, ashrat jehan was very satisfied to see her daughter happy
the noise of the pots arranged along the stairs falling mixed with pari "s shrieks as she fell down , rolling thudding thumping down surprised taghral who ran towards her to help her , but she completed the fall to the last and all the broken shattered pots fell over her in pieces covering her
adnan smiled and tried to change the topic, he made a hot cup of tea for her,but khala beghum -she recited her heartfelt wishes that adnan was still unmarried , when he would get married he would learn his lesson, looking at the steaming cup she melted and said he must get a wife beautiful as a full moon, to have a good life, good fortune and to be happy
whats happening asked khala beghum as she entered the scene of domestic bliss , the love between mother and ideal son pleasantly surprised her , in her own family at ten morning her daughter-in -law woke up lazily , the began at noon , by that time in adnan"s house all the household chores were done and finished with neatly , lunch was cooked and placed on the table , beds were done, washing and cleaning , tidy house looked attractive and welcoming, provoking khala beghum to moan and complain against her own poor managemnet
his mother pulled the vegetable basket closer, he had just finished cleaning up , he must relax before leaving for work, for he returned after midnight, he was not getting enough proper sleep, his double duty was tiring him, sometimes he did morning shift , other times night shifts in the factory
adnan swept the floor thoroughly, then mopped the entire area, after wards he rubbed the dirty mop clean with water, tightly wringing the mop he hung it on the hook, wiped the washbasin mirror dry with a clean piece of cloth, then he came to sit down near his mother peeling peas for lunch
in a traditional heavily embroidered bridal aroosa dress she appeared a doll of wax , her carved figure and beauty amazed all, the beauticianfrom lahore was specially invited to decorate her by the time she was completely ready the barat had arrived , the barat was welcomed with great pomp and show noisily and loudly, the groom reached in a luxry mercedese car royally
it was spring, it was decided only engagement ceremony would take place,but wedding plans also began, from islamabad her brother arrived, from kerachi the eldest , the arrangements were absolutely based on traditional local customs, women gathered , though her mother had died when she was just a child yet she was not allowed to miss anyone
mehndi ceremony was performed , seven days before her marriage, , she was made to wear pale clothes and stay home
zen was on his routine patrole duty, his cell buzzed, without checking he answered the call, a nysteriously sweet female voice asked how he was ,a couple of minutes later he was sure it was abrash , only she used those terms and tone when she spoke to him
it was the first time ever that abrash had not taken permission and gone to the mall with rava her friend to gift her a cell phone to talk with her fiance, she did not want to ask zen to come along for such a small matter , in the mall they buy a cell phone and to get the sim card identity card was needed that rawa had forgotten to bring , showing her own card abrash got the new sim on her own name and lovingly gave the gift to rawa to use it
abrash had a village background , but she adjusted well to city life in lahore where zen was posted and lived in government accomodation, he was sent with gifts , books, shopping money and other responsibilities towards abrash by the family, she enjoyed teasing him, she almost ignored him as her body guard as she shopped aimlessly useless things she did not want concentrating only on spending money
on the other hand mir bakhsh had three sons and a daughter, the eldest son was happily married , father himself of three , lived in kerachi and worked in a steel industry
the second was still unmarried and in islamabad
the third was studying engineering in america,
abrash was the youngest, pampered stubborn and selfish doing political science second year in lahore
mir qurban ali khan and mir alhi baakhsh khan were brothers, mir qurban was highly qualified advocate his only son zen was like him and had joined police force , his job training made him hard
the hostel warden explain to the police officer tha the two girls were abducted, the investigator questioned her and asked about the girls character, annoyed she remarked the girls were abducted but he was interested in their character, the officer sarcastically replied they were missing they had disappeared by themselves nobody abducted them
palm and maulsri ornamental trees surrounded the gravel path near the sea, a lone horse rider :s identity was concealed in the rising dust from the hoofs untill the beauty of the hands holding reigns and the long hair flying in the wind revealed it secrets, entering the vicinity of the farm house she tightened the reigns and slowed down the speed coming to a halt
mona believed she was monalisa, she could fool anyone with her charms and get out from them what she demanded, her father was a poor watchman in a hotel, farha was also from middle class family but she was not spoilt as mona who competed with rich friends" lifestyles she envied, her desires were running wild with her, she had no other means to fulfill her wishes and expectations
farha woke up to find mona was not in bed, hurriedly she searched around , in the kitchen kalshoum farha"s mother and mona were enjoying halwah pooris , a rich undigestible diet , mother happily asked daghter to join them, but farha refused , she knew exactly from where the good food was coming, if she revealed it she would be thrown out of the house, so she said she was unwell from the night before and wanted plain regular food,
mona tells her cousin umar whose praises she had been listening to brought it for her, she had been the previous evening talking on phone with him, she had met him on the roof top , given him first a smile , followed by her cell number, she was bored eating daal and rice , she needed a change
both were cousins, farha and mona, mona's parents had gone to kerachi for a month, so she had come to stay with farha, , mona was listening to her favourite song on walkman, , headphones plugged to her ears as she reclined on the bed and ate a pzza, surprised farha asked her from where it had come , she had seen noone come in or go out
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Seeing you i got a feeling
Life sizzles , as you are cool shade
Again the heart desired you
Again i consoled myself
the three friends exchange meaningful glances and give her directions as if doing her a great favour, first they told her she should feel fortunate she was asking them, or others would have ragged her, then showing her the ex army watchman they tell her to show her university card and then the buses on the other side would take her to her destination safely, the seniors treat her with extreme respect and reverence as if she were an astronaut about to board her space shuttle flight
a young new fresher of kerachi university the first day at the silver jubilee gate as the three seniors--anusha, shaza and rava were entering very sweetly and politely asked them where the chemistry department was
khwaja sharifuldin was given instructions on the essence of existence , on understanding of human nature, pain , hunger satisfaction and other physical conditions of tolerance , the way to transcend spiritually
mother asked him to take his elder brother jalauldin with him to meet naizamudin badayuni auliya in delhi
In delhi he straight away visted the auliya ,who addressed him as khwaja
rehmetullah alleh understood what was on khwaja's mind ,,but he had not much time left to accept both brothers as his disciples,
he directed them to meet firdausia,--in particular najibuldin firdausi who was very popular,
so the khwaja presented himself at the court of sheikh firdausi at the hazrat auliya"s command
the next day the mother cooked a meal for her son,, she told fatuha to take it to sharifuldin whose retreat he had seen the day before on her orders, , where sharifuldin was meditating , fatuha sat waiting for his master to open his eyes when he could tell him his mother had asked him to finish his food
nadya became restless and quite disturbed after dr ferqan left, she was guilty of zergham's condition, only because of her he was ill, she had failed in following the instructions of the pir shah
the noise of the pots arranged along the stairs falling mixed with pari "s shrieks as she fell down , rolling thudding thumping down surprised taghral who ran towards her to help her , but she completed the fall to the last and all the broken shattered pots fell over her in pieces covering her
his mother pulled the vegetable basket closer, he had just finished cleaning up , he must relax before leaving for work, for he returned after midnight, he was not getting enough proper sleep, his double duty was tiring him, sometimes he did morning shift , other times night shifts in the factory
farha woke up to find mona was not in bed, hurriedly she searched around , in the kitchen kalshoum farha"s mother and mona were enjoying halwah pooris , a rich undigestible diet , mother happily asked daghter to join them, but farha refused , she knew exactly from where the good food was coming, if she revealed it she would be thrown out of the house, so she said she was unwell from the night before and wanted plain regular food, 
mona tells her cousin umar whose praises she had been listening to brought it for her, she had been the previous evening talking on phone with him, she had met him on the roof top , given him first a smile , followed by her cell number, she was bored eating daal and rice , she needed a change 
