the copper red sun blazed to rush itself sink down in the coolness of the sea , tourists gathered on the beach saw a taxi stopping, a man in a hurry stepping out, he was so engrossed in himself he was reminded by the driver to pay him off ,
asud approaching the porch observes naila arguing with the driver, she wanted him to drive her without asking permission, aud was annoyed at her stubbornness because when she was restricted from taking cars driven by the drivers she must understand, but she hated following home rules, she wanted to be the one in charge of everyone around her
shamsa winds up the kitchen, the dinner was over, the children gone to bed in their rooms, she comes in to find hamad very worried, upset he looked, she insisted if he wanted to share his troubles , if he was missing home, avoiding mentioning zaris beghum , he was upset because his mother he had always trusted would remain true to him, she would never change but he was proved wrong
every woman marries to live a second life after marriage with her husband and her own children, the in laws family set up is absolutely different from her own background no matter how closely they were interactive , it is up to her to maintain and follow the rules of the new home, each home has its own laws rules and a head, usually the head is the mother in law who expects from the new comer to respect her and her instructions
recalling precious moments spent with you
falling apart waiting for you
what do you know someone is broken down
securing his love for you
shamsher ali stood before tausif ahmed , defining his life, his mother died when he was small and his sister tajur was just one year old infant, his father remarried , to lead his life happily with his second wife and both the motherless siblings were neglected, he grew up deprived, he began working partime to raise money for his education and to look after hsi little sister, today he is a self made successful man before him
shamsher ali was elated he was in love , ariba was his choice, he cared for her, he wanted to buy the entire world's happinesses for her, to decorate their life with the best, it was already nicely done but he wanted to leave nothing out for her, all that he wished for them both was a life full of contentment but first he must ask for her hand from her father tausif ahmed , he picked up the phone he needed to talk to his own father too
he was extremely happy to see her, ariba was there , he was recovering, shamsher ali began to feel light headed, he was about to flirt with her when she said if he knew how exactly did she feel, she had been engaged to get married four years, believing it would never end, it was forever, but that dream shattered so quickly , painful as it is but reality is this that body and soul must segregate finally
alya beghum was happily married to the man of her choice, when her toungest of her six children hassan was four she was widowed, she raises them all, and gives them the best , in america with her daughters she misses her son and life in pakistan, she pleads them all to sen her back, the cultural gap is wide , on the phone she is sometimes able to talk to her son but in reality it is not what she thinks
a sentimental story of an old woman --alya beghum who raises her six children and settles them all down , her youngest son hassan lives in pakistan , when she is gone to meet her married daughters in canada and america,
he decides to find out if the girl was really as good as was being discussed, he rings her up, the mother answers the phone, he recognises the voice and asks in a very well practised nasal female voice to call sherzad , thinking it was the girl's friend mother calls her daughter who begins to lecture him in abusive tones, definitely there was some misunderstanding , it was his first phone call to her, but if this is how she speaks what is he going to do , how long can someone appreciate beauty without goodness
he overhears his mother and sisters discussing the beauty and behaviour of the girl they had liked and selected for him to get married to, what an amazing moon like glowing face she had, all the items were homemade, they had decorated the house so properly, all of the girl's family members were so well bred and well mannered, he laughed silently because all such fair like moon girls later turned out to be wicked dragons , after marriages the spell is always broken, dreams shattered
somewhere the moon was lost on the way
also somewhere was lost its moonlight
like a lamp burnt out
how was my night illuminated
we met what a meeting it was
the same distances, the same unfamiliarity
never did i stepped forward
never did you broke your hesitation
he greeted all his three elder married sisters visiting them, he goes to his room to freshen up a bit before the meal is announced, he observes his room was in a chaotic state, the condition suggested his sisters children had been there, tired he sits down, his younger sister comes to call him to have his meal, he mechanically walks up to the dining table , after his food is finished he leaves to go out
he meets his three married elder sisters happily asking them why there seemed so much silence, he had greeted them all but they were so busy in their secret meeting , if their children had also come, who usually came aggressively rushing and tightly embracing him surrounding him from alldirections, clinging to his knees, legs, arms and climbed up him to show their love for him
one day he returned home to find all his three elder married sisters who had big families and naughty children sitting so quietly with his mother , their low tones were shocking because there was no noise , no uproar , no commotion of them being there, usually the three of them never agreed on any one point but all of them seemed engrossed in a very serious matter , he greeted them without getting any response from them, he turned to go to his room when his mother called out if he was not being rude by not greeting them
anusha feels cheated, when it is time to rest , time for her to go to bed, to gossip with her husband in the room, her mother in law calls her to bring a bottle of oil to massage her head moaning she had a mild or severe head ache, in the room anusha sees her sister in law had painted her own nails and blowing them dry, stretched out on a sofa, her mother in law watching star plus and spinning her head rythmically on some songs not a sign of head ache
she was still doing the dishes , tired from all the house work she had been doing since morning, her husband had returned from work, waiting for her to come, anusha was busy cleaning up, winding the kitchen is a routine affair of a house wife, her mother in law called out to give her a head oil massage after the kitchen was done
soft tones have more impact than strong words
formality kills familiarity
just two days were left to aiza's marriage, her mother in law had come and the custom of henna ceremony was completed, gifts from the in laws were prperly placed in the room, amira and asifa had arrived with their families to attend the wedding, amma jan sat on a bed making paan--for herself and chewing them one by one, enjoying watching the scene, sabahat was overjoyed to see her daughter get married with such real jewellery given her from in laws
there was a huge age difference between mahrukh and ahjira yet they had come emotionally very close to each other, they had nobody else except each other to support them, dilruba also was against them, it is love like poison and faith that kills women in love, all castles from outside are illuminated but dark silence ominous looms within
he was rather annoyed he said why did she ask chacha uncle , and not directly rang him up for his help, she also said she was not the one to ask anyone, dadi had made mother ring him up , she did not like taking favours from others
pari was offered a car lift by sheheryar, she refused because she needed a lot of time shopping , going to the tailors, to jewellery shops, to other places and he did not have so much time to spend with her
history repeats itself like stories and lives, life of each one is but an echo of his own past, this story begins with another daughter being born, same reaction by the relatives expecting a boy , same guilty feeling by the new mother ,
fara tells madra that in the university she came to know about the bust strike and she came back to fetch her from the bust stop she knew she caught her bus, so thankful was madra, fara tells her she had refused to go with her mother to kerachi , a dream destination of madra who said if her mother had asked her instead she would have just taken her veil and slipped her feet into her slippers and gone to kerachi
madra waited and waited for quite some time for her bus to arrive , she was to reach her classes in the univerity on time, the roadside cobbler tells her there was strike, she turned to go back home, because there was no sign of any bus for miles , the road seemed vacant , she took a couple of steps in the direction of her home when a speeding car breaked near her, it was fara who had come to fetch her ,
madra looked around her, then far in the distance, the bus sop had a vacant feel, she was alone there waiting for her bust to take her to her university , it was her routine , the cobbler sitting by the road was a familiar sight, he said the bus was not coming because the driver was beaten up by the students , there was a strike
fara asked her mother why she was so adamant to go on this trip , there was a certain reason and then they all liked them to visit them, but fara stubbornly refused to go with her, if sasha missed her why does she never visit her in faislabad, every time they have to travel , but what was her reason mother did not reveal because all matters can not be discussed openly and freely before time , nor must be revealed or they are aborted
fara was watching television very ritualistically, when her mother calling out her name entered the room to find her busy apparently, she said she was planning to go for a few days to meet shamina in kerachi if she also wanted to see them specially shasa who missed her so much she must get ready
almighty bestowed man with intelligence and sensuality, if he overcomes sensual pleasures he becomes equal to angels, or if he turns to such pleasures he becomes beastly
when any part of the body is hurt , the pain is seen on the face, madra sees that her friend is hurt by her words, unintentionally she had commented on her feelings and problems , meaningless to one meaningful to another, , not wanting to hurt her she got up, madra is very careful in her speech , she does not speak useless meaningless things to pass her time, watchful and very observant she is a sensible person,
fara and her friend discuss afaq, fara is in love with him, it is said by khalil gibran that in love one becomes slave to his beloved because he loves him completely , but this afaq either was not in love with fara or he would be her slave, nor was he ready to be her master , madra feels she was wasting her time and stands up to leave her there to go to the library
fara and madra are best friends, in the university complex the green grassy lawn stretched inviting small groups of students to sit there in free periods gossiping , mostly girls would spend time there sharing useless unimportant personal matters, the listeners either got bored or enjoyed juicy topics, fara shared her emotional involvement with afaq with her friend madra
i am in love
oh, how did it happen
so sudden
look at my dreams
shining like
a glowsome moon
in a lonesome night
in the dawning memories
fragrant like a rose
in the town of my heart
what puzzles me so
every moment i feel
the strings of my life
in the corners of my eye
your words and voice
your tones and sighs
mesmerise me
with you my dear
an innocent moment in night
if ever you remember me
bother not ever
just know it
i love you
you too me
for so many years women folk kept rejecting hinat for being plain and not fashionable, not born extraordinary beauty, for having a dark skin , people choose the best looking match sometimes ignoring the hearts of gold, one day as it happened a sober father comes to see her , likes her and sends his son to finalise the match-abrez was as sober as her, intelligent , softspoken and both had compatible nature, liking each other they accept each other as life partners, to khola her younger sister"s delight who was always confined to her room because uaually matchmakers selected her for her fair skin and attractive behavoiur
imtyaz sahib had just two daughters , no son, elder to khola by six years was hinat , both girls were good looking but hinat was not as fair as her younger sister, all the women who came to see her for their sons as prospective bride rejected her for being ordinary , finding fault with her complexion , her not made up face , feeling guilty hinat was ashamed of herself , though a masters degreee holder, with a good job , intelligent and soft spoken , nobdy liked her qualities
the new moon of eid ul fitr had been seen, the town market shone brightly with decorated lightings, people rushed to illuminated shops to get choicest things to celebrate, cars zig zagged through crowds with all their dazzling lights, but hinat lay silently watching the sky , sadness filled her heart, she asked the same question to herself why was abrez not present, no call from him, no message from him, he just disappeared so suddenly without announcing , is that a sign of broken promises, her younger sister and mother were cheerfully getting the food ready in the kitchen
nashya takes out a handful of rupees, it was a big amount, she handed it to the woman of the inn, saying it was extra besides the bills her husband had paid them for the room, one must be good and honest to children, it was for a beautiful doll for the little girl, doing good gives joy both to the giver and taker specially when its unexpected
sajid wakes her up , so gently and softly that she was amazed at this new sajid almost a stranger to her, he had paid a truck driver to drive them to the destination--home their home, she had thought life had made him so arrogant , life is easy to the arrogant, superiority complex turns them to inconsiderate painful humans, it is another side of feeling inferior for some hidden reason, but he had not commented on her remarks, he was changed, eid was to be celebrated at home,his home, her home, their home, true it is that sincere wishes are granted if the eid moon is seen
nashya was surprised how sometimes what is said unintentionally comes about to happen, the room was very clean , probably no customers came by, food was cooked by the woman proprietor herself and served, the little girl helped bringing plates, nashya asked her her name--hamida she replied, she helped in cleaning washing and played by herself, she had no doll
sajid and nashya get down from the train, it was a remote untouched rural area, just a minute ago she had exclaimed if only they could have stayed in a place like that to celebrate eid, there was nothing around , a small hut was seen before them, they approach it, a board read--jahanbao's sarai--so rather grateful to have a inn there they ask for a room from the woman sitting there welcoming them, a eight year old filthy girl also stood by her
hamid and fanny feeling poorly wait for someone to come , suddenly the door with the ring flew open, there was a cosmic lightening , like a laser beam, hamid showing his presence of mind signs her to follow him , there was nobody to stop them, a bicycle was the only conveyance to get out from there, , sighing coolly she went along, if he must paddle them to freedom
fanny hates hamid for making her take off her diamond ring she had just found in a corner , the diamond shone its dazzling brilliance, but hamid tells her a satellite was in rotation in space sent some time back it controlled the metal of the ring , recharged it electro magnetically , the wearer would be the target, he twists the metal of it and fixes it onto the locked handle door
--hamid tells fanny to take out the ring from her finger quickly because it was meant to kill her, it was the murder weapon used when nothing else besides this was found on the ones found dead in the niagara falls
faridi is absent , hamid has no idea of his where abouts, almost cursing him he looks around him , fanny was wearing a beautiful ring, diamond ring on her finger that was not on her finger minutes ago
fanny and hamid were there , someone called out threateningly at them from a corner, it was singh , two of his men were with him, fanny;s father was dead, she starts crying but both were imprisoned, hamid is full of life , he has a wicked sense of humour, fanny thinks he was crazy then changes her mind decisively and tells him he is mad
he claimed he had called the nine eleven number when he was held up by the killer, but they came so late , later than one hour by that time he was being being interrogated, and the suspect had run away
the homicide squad was present , the investigation was conducted by the officer , a dead body was by chance dug out from a construction site, it looked more than fifteen months old, the face of it was completely destroyed
he was around twenty , a man of good looks, long lanky golden blonde hair hanging loosely over his shoulders, , in new york at, bus terminal he entered looking around with searching eyes, rather nervously , he waited in queue to get a ticket to atlanta city, but because he was engrossed in faces the man at the counter almost raised his voice to ask him to get his ticket as the young man stared at a boy in the corner
nik tells ms hope he can not in his bad condition with a fractured leg move around , he can not move and hardly steal a grilled turkey from a party using crutches, she gives him all his fees in advance and promises 975000 dollars after robbery, nik jumps up on his legs , he was ready to break his leg for that amount in every case
sajid wakes her up , so gently and softly that she was amazed at this new sajid almost a stranger to her, he had paid a truck driver to drive them to the destination--home their home, she had thought life had made him so arrogant , life is easy to the arrogant, superiority complex turns them to inconsiderate painful humans, it is another side of feeling inferior for some hidden reason, but he had not commented on her remarks, he was changed, eid was to be celebrated at home,his home, her home, their home, true it is that sincere wishes are granted if the eid moon is seen
