theirs was a small compact house, there was a window at the back, but the thick curtain was fixed there on father"s and brother"s command, if it was drawn aside lots of sun light, fresh air and heat filled up the room but orders were orders meant to be followed, the curtain was fixed becaue there were two building blocks and a school complex across the road and though nobody looked into their rooms nor could they see anyone but it felt surely secure and cosy and protective having fixed curtains
both father and brother screamed , the load shedding was killing them, the long cuts tortured them, after almost three hours the lights were on and within ten minutes again it was completely dark, though she did not need electricity to run her sewing machine , it was a useful hand machine yet she needed enough light , so she put her machine aside
american researchers have found the temperatures rising on the western antarctica , melting the glaciers quickly, posing danger because the sea surface is rising with the increase in heat in the area
exactly at eight thirty tevi entered the palace hotel lane named after the hotel linked to it, but after sun set nobody liked coming to this lane , just the residents who were forced to pass it to reach their houses, because it was unlit and uneven, unknown passers by usually fell in deep ditches and got themselves hurt , there was just one kerosene lamp pole that casted its dim light in a small circle around it self
sonia had spent the whole night drinking, she was extremely worried, then she locked herself in her room and went to bed, in the morning tevi beat the door because his knocking went unheard, finally the door was broken open , tevi breathed a sigh of relief she was drunk and dazed but not dead as he had thought
meldrid always got her wrist watches repaired from that shop, and got her new batteries , also all her jewellery was polished in that shop, she asked what was the reason for all that police presence there, the partner of the shop was murdered the previous night ,
meldrid reaches in a taxi the jewellery shop to find police cars surrounded the area, one of her husband"s police man friend approached her to ask why was she there, she had already sent the cab back
my feet
torn on these unending paths
helpless i am
exhausted-i
desire to get away from this deserted trap
to gather my broken self
to drape smiles
to live every day
to die every day
impossible it seems
but i want to live
to break away from this shell unseen
or perhaps
i want to die
but i want my soul to be satisfied
what do i want
perhaps tired of this life
each moment testing
no more courage to take it
to face the seasons
intolerant is
counting the stars at night
each dawn breaks with
unfolding of new fresh emotions
each dusk sinks in with a pain
my eyes have turned to stone
watching the same sights
the happy glow on taimur"s face explained he has got permission to go abroad, shami doubted another reason for that wicked look, perhaps he had found a better girl friend from his previous one, shami had spent his time with his girl friend and suddenly she said one day she was already engaged and getting married , she had chosen him because he was decent , good and generous, he was a passtime-a part time friend, but now her fiance was returning from australia
with the egyptian culture of mummyfying extinct their expertise also is vanished leaving signs of how thorough they were in keeping the dead looking alive for ages, soaked cotton strip bandages in oils, extracts, herbs and special kind of grains and seeds were used by them to embalm the bodies before they were masked in gold
a senior professor lecturing in the class was extremely annoyed to see a student sleeping, he shouted at him and said he can not sleep in his class,
--of course , he can if the professor did not shout so much-said the student going back to sleep
a cricket lover friend watching live looked very worried, his friend asked the reason, the poor man said his wife has threatened him either to choose her or watch cricket on television, so he would miss his wife
when the call was over , saraj in hushed tones said he already knew amdad ali and of jugga but who was this sacrificial goat-auranzeb tells him it was afzal khan, surprising saraj, but then aurangzeb himself was a witness of the scene at the hotel firing where either the scapegoat was abducted or he escaped or removed forcibly from the that scene
aurangzeb spent almost entire evening with saraj and almas, when it was time to eat he accepted the offer , though saraj threatened that one of them must eat out somewhere in a hotel or the street food, but finally sipping their black coffee after their meal was over , saraj was told there was an urgent phone call he he was waiting for, and both must equip them selves for the night of action
the narrator finally reveals how he used the robber"s presence and entry and escape from his house with all the precious items stolen to kill his wife himself , he had always wanted to get rid of her, and this was the right occasion , a proper time and chance to do it, shifting the entire doubt on the robber
sometimes basmah compared her husband"s mental make up , he was different from his family, his background and up bringing was different yet he was one of them, backward still, he had demanded to marry a highly educated woman, not a matric fail or less , but mentally basmah thought he would have suited a lesser educated woman better, he prided in his status and success , but finacially progressive is not always right growth, proper education is not collecting degrees either, what counts useful in the long run is wide range of understanding
the aunt and her daughter came to basmah"s house, the experienced aunt critically analysed the environment, it was a simple set up, of a retired school teacher father who treasured his children and prided in giving them the best of education , decorated them with highest values in life
basmah used to give home tutions, near house lived farqan"s aunt and his cousins -the daughters of the aunt, the eldest failed four times in her class, she changed the school and came to know about teacher basmah who helped children with their homework at a very nominal fees
basmah thought of all those degrees she had earned , that were still packed in her dowry suitcases, what had her father seen in this family, he had liked farqan, an educated man, just the degrees were matched, the family was so narrow minded , rigid and backward
she was in the kitchen roasting the dish when she heard her mother in law out in the neighbourhood talking on top of her voice that there was no reason to educate daughters after all , all that they must do after their marriage is cooking and washing the dishes
the winds danced passing by
almighty played the divine harp- as fortune sang a celestial song
she in the paalnquin of prayers
slowly approached
I am thinking of
to present you with a gift
on the new year
but what
i have nothing to give
no true pearls
no fresh cut flowers
no expensive gifts
no shining gems
i simply have
some precious dreams
built on you
purity of thought
surrounding you
i think that
if i am your soul
why not
i present you with
my selfless love
on this new year
my best wishes to you
he who was popular was included
that that was a dream was destroyed
sometimes it was the weather
sometimes it was a taboo
sometimes it was the destinations
that deceived me on the way
sometimes from the book of life erased me
because
he who was mine
i watched him go
far away
not calling him back
there no reason left to stop him
i had to go elsewhere
just lost my way
what a dark gloomy evening it was
how heavily overcast it was
in the nightly rains
you came to see me
a silver blossom round the neck
holding a piece of cloud in hand
in the pouring showers
walking with a lighted lamp
some reflected image in the eye
some mirror in mind
some lights like in your eyes
some dried flower found in a book
wishing what must happen and what must not, if only life could give her the joys she dreamt of, all her past memories had turned to dreams she dreamt now and then, the red bricked house surrounded amidst the green foliage , where she spent her happiest times , she read the name plate in her dream -it read-arib hasin, --the name instead of her father"s
the flutter of buttrflies settled in the toes
for a moment in the shade, next in the winds
like those puffs of clouds stay away unreached
stretching my arms gather i them like my wishes in prayers
the moon was still not up, the garden was in absolute dark, the security lights were off, though they ought to be on by then, because someone was there out,, the narrator could see the torch light , it must be a robber
a weak case can be used by the prosecutor to their advantage, and the investigating officer also thought if he proved inefficient the file would be transfered to a private detective , putting his abilities to test , but what could be the motive , he must find out , or his merit would be disgraced
it is said that there is always a reason , right or wrong, behind a murder, a motive to kill, but the investigating officer found no reason to frame charges against the killer -who was seen waiting for long before a bar till a grey car arrived , reading the number plate several times he took out his poit 32 revolver and fired five bullets into the man who fell dead on the spot
he forced himself to get out of his bed, cross the courtyard and ask who was there knocking the door, before he opened it , there was no reply , and there was noone , he looked around, searched the whole complex , took a round of the vicinity, thinking it must be the wind, but he was an experienced officer and could easily tell the difference of wind blowing the door and the proper strong knock of a person on the door
when the writer was posted at a place , he was given a government house attached to the police station , and beyond that were fields , one winter night as he went to bed , made himself comfortable , cosy and warm he heard the door being knocked
the woman was rescued , her son was abducted, she had travelled from gujar khan to pindi with her little son, later the writer comes to know she was her senior"s family , how good officers families are always under great threat and such officers are pressurised makes a eye opening read
nawaz khan had to take that chance , it was in his system to save people, not in his uniform but in his nature it was that sense of duty , not an athlete , maturing , he had put on a little weight , he observes the other side the cliffe edge was a bit higher than it was on his
nawaz khan shares his life and job experiences , once he was casually roaming around in plain clothes , he happened to see a woman hanging rather dangling from a tree on the edge of a cliff of a hill top, down below was a deep fall, he was on the other side , the distance between them was of about eleven feet
as sherry handed out the packet to tina she menacingly said it was her last payment , she was engaged to get married, but tina threatened that it was just the beginning or she would reveal the secret to the whole media telecasting her wedding to a promising and rising quickly in status and power , climbing higher and higher the social ladder the man she was engaged to that they both had shared a prison cell, that sherry was a regular criminal
as it happens many a times that someone special's presence is felt and missed in his absence as if the entire universe is emptied
it is the nature of vanity to ignore the respect and dignity of others shown towards it, distance can not end the attractions between partners , but they are destined to be separated to test their bondings
love is a tight tie of souls not of faces, because faces can be changed , destroyed and souls remain particle of that higher being
she had been a school girl, going to and coming back with friends she always saw him , he was five years her senior, not a neighbour yet he lived somewhere close by on the way to her school, she was foolish, simple and naive
ayesha notices that extraordinary glow on shafaq"s face , she asks if she was going out or returning from somewhere special, , how long would she make herself a sorry figure , if khalil for past five years was taking her out should they not by now have got married, was it not high time they stopped flirting and dating
a young unmarried woman wants to find out what should she do to lead her future life , she wants to find the correct way to do the istakharah and take advice
every true practioner of faith must realise some time or the other that he has intentionally or unintentionally done some harm to someone, so it becomes imperative for him to pledge himself in his prayers before his almighty to repent, accept confess and rectify his error if possible and finally never to repeat it
muttor pullav begins the menu
followed by akhrot cake
khatti masaladar murghi
afghani pullav
zafrani koftey
aab gosht
khada masala chicken roast
what i like about aab gosht is the technique of roasting the meat in regular fried onion mix in its own juices till dry before adding a cupful of the soaked chick pea lentils to it
women are homemakers if they are willing and efficient, time saving tips are given useful if put in daily schedule to manage better home life , office life , job and children , family and friends circle and enough to spare for the self
it is very easy to arrange a wedding ceremony in this modern world, where all types of facilities are readily available, but the couple is not ready to lead a normal life, their mental and practical mind stream is not prepared , so all the arrangements they pay for are wasted in the long run
the story opens in the setting of ansari house, zahir akbar and his wife zaris beghum have two sons, abad and hamad, sambhal is abad"s wife and very homely , hardworking and patient as she listens to her mother in law"s lecture regularly, hamad married to shamsa has two children , zahir akbar in a dramatic style brings in a second wife in his life, asud ali is his son from second wife, who marries naila the neice of zaris beghum on some conditions, but later meets a lady photographer alisha a very strong character and fell in love with her
soon ariba was her older self, back to same old routine, going to college, then to the clinic, returning home to spend time with sara and yasmin, , who were rather unhappy to know tha she had to mop, clean with a broom, sweep, wash, do the dishes and cooking there, and now she was helping out in the kitchen , she was now an experienced cook
