--after sometime the child stopped shouting, thinking the child must have fainted he listened for him, two minutes later the child again began screaming, suddenly he felt he could place the child , he was tajur"s younger brother, fallen in the well, he whispered he wanted to go and get the boy out , aniq understood he was ready for action but he could not be tajur"s brother because the two brothers were never included in the games by the village children, that evening also aniq had not seen them there playing , but a child in distress was a helpless victim after all and he must be helped, Nawaz Bhai was to tie his two goats inside or they would also like the horse might get away
--the morning was so very much pleasant , Nawaz Bhai sat outside the room on a mud parapet, the natural greenery around was covered with layers of fresh mist, the grass was covered in cool dew, he could never have imagined such a refreshing sight in London and Copenhagen, some school kids were going to school with their school bags hanging around their necks and wooden boards in other and girls smiled at him wishing him morning , what innocence , simply heartwarming , girls were like the birds that took a flight suddenly after picking their fill spreading their wings and scattering in different directions , he became emotional,
-a newly married man goes to a ear specialist to ask what should he do his wife does not listen to him, she fails to answer his questions, he was given some instructions and tips and this time when the man reached home he shouted on top of his voice calling his wife, not hearing any answer he entered the hall from where again he called out in a loud and clear voice, no answer , he further stepped into the bedroom and shouted her name out , no answer he entered the kitchen and loudly asked what was she doing , she shouted back --had he gone deaf, she had answered four times she was making tea for him in the kitchen
--a newly wedded bride arrived home , she was welcomed by the stately mother in law with a welcoming speech, the home affairs and finance ministry was with her, the senior father in law was the foreign minster and socialized, their daughter was in charge of planning and development , the groom controlled demands and supplies , now what position would she like to take--
-leader of opposition -the bride said shouting slogans
-to live and to die
-they would be together and try
--the one we looked for in the skies and the lands
-they were found tucked in a corner of our heart
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-times spent together fly off in a moment
-but times we are separated become endless and tiring
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-how can you stop me from drowning
-many a sailors drowned in their boats
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-find someone to break your heart in love
-it is that precious treasure kept very safe
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-be silent o heart , not right to be so loud in gatherings
-dignity is valued more than love is priced high
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-to think wrong of them is impossible for me
-because iqbal is himself his own critic
-he had hid himself amidst the trees, crouching and frightened, he could hear the singing floating on the waves of air reaching him, sometimes louder other times faint as the wind blew, he speculated what was the latest position , the robbers were busy entertaining themselves, spending he time listening to music, if for heaven's sake he heard a bullet shot it would be the beginning of the dreaded attack , that would increase the intensity of the firing
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e was wanted by many countries police, he had been evading being caught, over clever he escaped being trapped, this time also he made peter the only man in florida to paint his car a different colour and the number plates , in the morning he had shot peter whose eyes shone when he asked for a reward, on the highwya he was so pleased , the police will be looking for a georgian number, but suddenly he found he was surrounded by mobile police ,he was asked to stop but he did not, he would not , his car was shot at, he had taken a turn and found his car drunkenly tilting and slipping as he lost consciousness before that he heard the police talking he was the one they ww=ere looking for, they had almost lost him but florida cars have just one number plate
-it was quite early in the morning , javed was still fast asleep when he was woken up , his wife azra was shaking him, her face red and trebling , she asked him to quickly get ready because they were going to see shazya , who had rang them up , her husband manir was back, reaching there they found shazya "s face was lit up, her glow was real, but how could this be possible, manir was javed"s cousin , who was burried a few days ago, whole family and friends cicle had gathered there, so many people were present, javed had himself lowered the dead body as the prayers were offered, how could manir come back, they aske shazya to let them meet him
--brain is the most imortant par of our body which remains actively functionable till we get married
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-wives are magicians with words , they spin disasters around each word they catch
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-all men in this world are the same--this was apparently stated by a chinese woman whose husband got lost in the rush hour in a market
-willie asked monika to tell her problem , she and fred had a twenty one year old daughter, who was in love with fernandis ,a mexican who had come on work visa and stayed seven years with them on their fields, clever and hardworking he had joined a local college to get a degree in related subkect of agro business and administration , their daughter liked him for his attractive personality and his good manners and style, the problem was maria who from somewhere arrived a couple of days ago with a six year old girl claiming ferandis was her husband and the little girl their daughter ,
--when willie reached florida he saw mils and miles of tomato growers wearing white hats for shade in the sun picking tomatoes in the fields on the either sides as he drove towards his destination, four feet high plants were hanging heavily turning and bending with still green tomatoes, then the fields ended and rows of cottages began, he stopped the vehicle before a three storey house, monika stood there at the main gate waiting for him, willie emerged from the car and monika ran towards him hugging him tight, taking him in she served sugarless iced tea to him and poured a cup for herself as fred also came to sit with them
--willie was a private detective and was called telephonically to meet his childhood friend monika , they both had grown up together in havana, till one day as a university student she accepted a ring to get married to fred a tomato grower"s son near florida in the south east town , where now she waited for willie to personally talk about something , willie had taken four hours to reach from miami to that town situated in the south east of florida, he remembered how he had waited for her to complete her degree so that he would propose to her , twenty years passed by in a moment, he never tried to see her again , but now when he got her phone call he asked what was the matter and she had wanted to discuss the problem privately , only he could help she hoped
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-stuffing her granny"s mouth with a piece of chocolate cake harim went around doing her usual , shami finished his cake as a formality and the custom demanded, he sent javeria to get him a cup of hot coffee, harim sat near by uncomfortable waiting for him to say something, he asked what was her present for him, she replied boldly it was a suit for him as good as him, laughing he said she had found her lost tongue and dare, perhaps in the company of javeria , by then javeria was back with coffee, she showed her curiosity why was her name mentioned, then going out of her way she expressed harim was not so simple as he thought, he was honest and simple and trusted all others to be like him, but that was not so, he got up to leave, javeria felt sorry and asked for his forgiveness, there was nothing to forgive he was getting late he had to leave, harim was left to be with javeria who haughtily challenged her , women were never easy to understand , many philosophers, poets and intellectuals have failed to define women, so harim joined the duel of words turning to battle of wits if javeria was one of those women who could not be understood, javeria looked pathetically defeated , harim finally had found her voice true , shami was right, javeria was difficult and impossible
--harim was marriageable and young , after her three more sisters waited their turn to get married, her mother ad granny discussed her, worried and wishing she would get a suitable life partner, that usually happens if fate is good, they offered silent prayers for her to quickly find a man , as her mother looked sideways at shami who was busy on his mobile unconcerned
--javeria held her head between her hands, what now, this was too much, harim was empty handed and her pockets were also empty, all her money was used in playing monthly kitties and saving for committees, now this was different that why should harim pay five thousand se still had with her she was given to buy last season she had not spent, five thousad she thought was a handsome amount but javeria felt gifts for special people like shami were meant to be special and costly
-then ehtasham told harim he liked anything and everything that was served on time for him to eat, ready to eat, precooked , it did not matter what exactly it was, he was not so particular about dishes nor so fussy , but he enjoyed eating when he was ready for it, sometimes harim liked being in charge but this was making her mad, specially javeria , harim was instructed to as ehtasham always what he would like to have for his meal and then cook his choices, but now jeveria wanted roti and salan, he preferred rice, so harim quickly settled for vegetable fried rice with mutton stew, finalising her own menu
-she opened her eyes to the aroma of some good delicious dish cooking, she identified it as shorba , then she realised she had not moved from her place at all, she was still in the same position on the floor on a mat stretched out, she could not see her tiles on the walls, nor did it give an impression of any hospital full of nurses and doctors running around, the smells of the hospitals and clinics are so different, lots of brightly lit corridors, medical staff, machinery beds and this was not it
-her eyes flew open suddenly, there was a white wall just before her, the wall was made of huge white boulders, so white so pure white and so huge she had never known such stones that size existed and that walls were built with them, she felt a chill run through her spine, she felt weak, only her face was cold,the rest of her body was very warm, then she realised she three things , first was that she was a woman, second she did not remember her own name, thrid she was not alone, someone else was present around
--and then the stranger said he must move further, as long he was with him he was protected, he had seen how the wild animals including the fierce ones also listened to his commands and obeyed his every command, so they moved out from that jungle safely till they reached a wooden cabin exactly like a scene from a tarzan movie built on trees, the stranger asked the traveler to change in dry clothes, meanwhile tea would be ready, this was mindboggling thought the traveler, the man was either a clone of tarzan but then tarzan had lived some eighty ninety year ago in books, a bright invention of a productive fertile mind of a genius writer,
-it was in a forest that suddenly his car stopped, he had made sure before beginning his trip that the fuel tank was full, he was stranded in the middle of nowhere, his friends and well wishers had tried to advise him not to take that short cut but the real route which was frequently used, now the forest around, the night sky overcast, lightning and rain and the wild bear sniffing him shut in the car was a nightmare in its true sense, he was sure it was his last moment before he was devoured , he could not leave the car and run in any direction because there was no point of in turning back , he could not walk all that distance or for that matter walk forward to cross the entire forest spread out for over miles and miles
--javeria looked at ehtasham and asked if he wanted a cup of morning tea, he casually walked up to a sofa and leaned against it, he had eaten his breakfast as usual it was his now lunch time, as she sipped her tea she asked what did he like to eat, anything that was served on time when he was there , she observed he was so positive about his own confidence, he laughed it was not his dedication but passion to be agressively pushing, he was competitive , because what was javeria's opinion what did the mountaineers do when they reached the top, her reply was they posted their flag and then just did nothing but turned to go back , that is what he said was his passion about competitions, it was to reach his goals, to mark his presence and simply return because holding on to the same position was meaningless
--poor javeria spent long hours at night studying, completing her work, returning home late , sleeping little she felt tired and wanted sometimes to sleep till she was rested, but now she informed her she would from next week would be coming home even later than before because she winked as if it had a secret meaning , but it was not related to romantic dates but she had joined a academy , that was paying her good amount for three hours , she will be teaching there and earning a decent pocket allowance she could spend happily on herself
--javeria had instructed harim to eat her meals in her absence because she had a busy schedule at the university , sometimes she returned later so harim was free to have her food whenever she was hungry, but she also sometimes waited for her to come back and sometimes would not wait and eat hers, that evening when javeria came home from the university she changed , freshened up and rushing towards the kitchen got her food plate and went to the television lounge , sitting down comfortably she searched around for the remote when hafiza khanum entered the scene, complaining harim had gone to bed without eating, hungry as if javeria was the culprit and must feel guilty, but sh also explained her situation and her instructions given to harim, placing the remore back she dug her spoon into her food plate eating it mechanically
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dressed in casuals , blue jeans and simple t-shirt he had been busy on his lap top, his unkempt dishevelled appearance looking at the screen and hands quick on the keys finally he lifted his head on the aroma of coffee followed by the sound of approaching steps, it was javeria serving ehsham coffee in mock royal style, he asked where was harim why she had bothered to bring him his drink, harim was imature and not her age as he was more mature for his pat came javeria"s remark, harim was watching her favourite serials like any normal child
--learn to greet small joys in life which are always followed by huge waves of happiness
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-friends must showcase and highlight good points of their friends in public and correct them in private
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-do good without any expectations of any benefits and returns because it is not for man to judge us but only almighty can
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-learn to be more tolerant and find less faults in others or you will find yourself all alone , nobody is perfect
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the short man announced himself the inspector in charge of the case , he asked him in english if he was the one who had seen the dead body first, he congratulated the policeman for speaking good english, the inspector remarked he was an american and had many relatives in chicago but he personally did not like america, the other man had at seven thirty found the dead man , as he was leaving , he called the ambulance and the police were informed , no, he did not touch the body at all of mr arnold
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mrs arnold sat quietly, he went to sit next to her touching her arm , his back was towards the police man , he slowly tried to steal the bracelet from her wrist, her eyes shone brightly and touching her bracelet she slipped it out to put it in her pocket, it must be very expensive he thought, of sentimental value and priceless because she decided to keep it instead of letting go, she asked if the dead man had said something before breathing his last, when she was assured nothing was spoken by mr arnold she became quiet
-the tapes were fixed, nobody was allowed to jump them, for past twenty minutes they all waited for a police inspector in charge to arrive, he again tried to touch the tape but he was stopped, so he turned to leave the whole scene of crime to go to sit by the lady who sat some distance away, he was a smooth talker, or bribed someone because the dead body was taken before the investigator arrived , the ambulance left and all the inmates in the hotel breathes a sigh of relief and went to their respective rooms, the dead body amidst them all was a matter of great concern and worrying them all
-ralph was there to receive ted and peggy , to escort them authoritatively to their prison cells for cheating and robbery and selling antiques, martin was also present as kite was about to leave , the sheriff instructed him to spend the sunday looking for the thieves who had stolen victorian pieces from the wooden dining table, a silver set another candle stand, suddenly kite knew who were mona and nina, carrying big bags on their shoulders , he rang up noel to get ready to be with him to enjoy a sunday the next day , bargaining at auction houses, as a compensation for that saturday which was half gone and wasted, thrilled and excited to be shopping and looking at more stores noel agreed , kite was thankful to get a chance to be with her on a sunday , he would be on duty and martin would not have to pay the price for silver pieces from his own pocket stolen from his store, kite will be enjoying his paid holiday
-one fine day mulla nasrudin was passing through a cowded market when someone hit him hard on his back, turning angrily he saw a stranger who had turned pale with fright , he had hit him believing him to be an old friend, mulla nasrudin took him to the court , the judge asked the accused to pay the victim or get a slap equally hard , promising to pay the fine on gold, the man was excused before the mulla who kept on stopping the accused, but the judge ignored the mulla , the stranger never returned whose whereabouts were not noted, mulla slapped hard the judge saying when the accused will get back with his promised gold the judge could keep it for himself
-of today shakespeare were alive he would be a most extraordinary man around
-sure, he would be several centuries old
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what happens when a good player "s eyesight turns weak
-he is made the umpire
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-i have three pairs of glasses, one for reading, second to watch movies, third to locate the first two
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-does your watch tell time
-no, you have to see it for yourself
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-judge-why were you driving so fast
-accused-car brakes had failed and i wanted to reach home before any disaster struck
--main interest of kite was to spend quality time with noel his love, though honest policeman he avoided chasing anyone there that weekend , he wanted to be simply with noel, he was a young man besides a policeman, he admired nina and mona two strikingly beautiful sisters amidst the elderly curious buyers at the auction house , their self confidence was remarkable, when the doors opened all of the crowds pushing each other struggled to get in, ignoring the request of entering one at a time in a queue, inside it was not very large , victorian style silver on a worn out wooden carved dining table almost which had no further use attracted the attention of nina and mona, they stood near it touching it, but kite had no interest in any other topic except his love noel who was busy looking at the jewelry in a corner, kite focused his eyes on noel
-kite was a hardworking and honest policeman , he helped his associates when they took weekends off, as a result he spent weekends working overtime, once he got a chance to spend to consecutive days on a weekend to enjoy with noel who loved shopping less and haggling more, she bargained as a compulsion whether she wanted to buy of not, that weekend when all other local shops and markets were closed auction houses were open, and kite found himself led to one such house where crowds waited for the doors to open, mostly elderly couples who had nothing else better to do on weekends were present, but nina and mona were atrikingly young and pretty sisters also amidst the crowd and knew how killing they looked and when the doors will open they will get the first chance to enter the house
--javeria looked meaningfully at harim and asked that why was she playing the hostess in shami bhai"s house , her tone was lacerated but harim uncaring as she was did not notice it at all, she kept serving chips to the gathering, if javeria was to get a degree and leave was harim going to stay there for ever, was she so naive
--the biggest defeat is--to see someone "s eyes filled with tears because of you
-the biggest victory is--to see someone"s eyes full of tears for you
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-if you want to give something to someone honestly -give your best time and best wishes that you can never get back
--kite "s mood should have been nice because it was a weekend again, but every saturday he was asked to substitute his co police officers who would suddenly find a reason to be home, he would in months very rarely on occasions could find either a saturday or a sunday but never consecutive days for himself to be with his girl friend noel who loved shopping in that small county town in california, where tourists came to spend their weekends , markets were closed on those two days but auction houses were open, stalls vendors and sunday market throbbed with throngs of buyers who enjoyed eating out , spending money and be together, kite loved noel the way she loved shopping , other things besides shopping her passions were haggling for useless things she did not want ,she bargained till she was dragged out of the shop by kite or pushed out by the owner , this was a weekend when kite was lucky and found himself enjoying it with noel who took him to wait before the auction house ready to auction items
-emmie was the owner of classical guitar shop, she loved music , she had modified her guitars for extraordinay musicians and players, one evening two days before christmas comes in just as the shop was about to be closed lucy in snow , cursing the roads and drivers who did not know how to enjoy life in the snow, she wanted a guitar only for herself, she had always used peg for steel strings, strumming the different variety she felt it was ethereal , curious she asked emmie to disclose what were the strings made of if not steel,
two days later emmie was playing her guitar as he son joseph asks what was that beaitiful magical melody called, --light of lucy"s soul
-the snow was falling , it was around six in the evening , emmie pulled the counter drawer and taking the bunch of keys walked towards the door when a beautiful young woman entered banging the door and cursing that all those who did not like driving in the snow must leave cleveland and move out, looking at emmie she asked with surprise if it was time to close , but it was just six and time to stay before christmas, were people frightened to come after six, but rules were not changed for anyone , the shop always closed at six same time but emmie introduced and welcomes the customer to her classical guitar shop, the visitor was lucy she wanted to buy a guitar for herself, not for a gift to someone, emmie explained that though rock and roll -- the hall of fame was close by emmie knew the shop was not meant for ordinary crowds who had no taste for classical music, she had developed special and different from steel strings guitars only for the music lovers who could enjoy the tuning and siund of enchanting music produced from her modified guitars, once seen and held the user felt other guitars were merely pieces of wood, she made lucy sit comfortably on one stool and let her stretch her left leg as she asked her to put back her peg to play the guitar , hers were meant to be touched directly and felt through the skin , as she strummed the strings lucy was enthralled , what were the strings made of ,
--he was appointed security guard a couple of years ago by the drug lord in pittsburgh who also was the owner of a chain of restaurants and night bars , he was called to his office behind the bar and ordered to remove his wife gloria , dominic had found out his fourth wife had not only outstayed her married term , before her all his three wives were divorced within five years , but also gloria was cheating on him, , the loyal guard shoots the junior as gloria escapes, ringing up his boss the guard tells him the junior was dead and gloria absconding, as he was reporting this he heard a point three eight being shot , shutting the phone quickly he reached shady side in pittsburg the house known for the shady job its owner did, dominic also was there but dead, a hole between his eyes was remarkable specimen of accurate marksmanship, will the lawyer was present and gloria sat in the chair that once belonged to her dead husband, the guard felt someone pushing a knife into his spine, luis laughed at him showing him his point three eight that was a gift to him from his father and dominic was shot with it , the revolver was registered in his name, it was all very well planned , the deadly woman gloria had got rid of all the three of them using him to kill the junior, , dominic with his revolver and he would be caught , she would easily be the heir to all of the restaurants and chains of bars
--many listeners of urdu poetry question why a beloved in urdu poetry is never depicted as a female, beloved is always understood and highlighted and implied in third person masculine gender , the objection is raised in several gatherings , a renowned urdu poet answered the objection raised in the following lines explaining why -
-You are always near me dear
-when She is not around--
-tum mere pass Hoti ho goya
-jab koi Dusri nahi hoti
--original is--
-tum mere pass hotey ho goya
-jab koi dusra nahi hota
--a hero of an english movie goes to see a pakistani movie, watching a scene he faints, the scene was simple --a bride shoots her husband , the husband catches the bullet and using the same bullet shoots her dead,
-a suspecting wife visiting her parents rang up home to check on her flirting husband, the ma answered her call faithfully answering her queries, to assure herself she asked him to start the grinder which had a peculiar sound, he obediently did so , hearing the home grinder sound in action she was satisfied , when a couple of days later she returned home she was surprised to find her son alone in the house as the father was gone somewhere with the grinder for days
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he stood right outside the closed door and could imagine the couple was involved in a hollywood scene though there was not a chink anywhere to take a peek , he was two years ago appointed security guard by dominic , who was a restaurant and strip club chain owner, they had met in the club office behind the club , there was no window in the office ,it smelt of sweat and talcum powder, for furniture just one ancient metal chair and equally old table , dominic had wanted him to get rid of his fourth wife gloria who was cheating on him and over stayed her five years of marriage, she was dominic"s fourth wife, the first was his school sweet heart who bore him four children, second was his club dancer who lived five years with him , third was also divorced within five years of their marriage but gloria was different , dominic took a swig of his favourite wine and a pinch of cocaine as he continued that she was using south side safe house
-both dang and yong stopped to eat their meal in one place from where they could see the camp, some tents were visible and a wooden store house , the workers and mainly ming shared their views , that the old were left to die in the harsh climate, the young men and women were separated and sold separately, the ones who fetched more were auctioned , others were married to the local landlords, the strong men became slaves in the fields and menial jobs were allotted them, children were priced commodity , the old and childless bought them for their old age comfort, girls were again divided in two , some sold and others kept, boys were the main attraction and there yong knew the role and importance of the nurse came in, he speculated silently why the nurse was abducted, there was a ray of hope she was alive and will be kept alive
--nani bi was awake, for past one month she had been becoming more and more feeble and weak, she could earlier get up by herself and get ready on her own but now she needed harim around to help her, assist her to the bathroom, to rub her soap on her back, to shampoo her hair , to support her weak shaking body and to comb her , dry her and walk her back to her bed , age related problems depress not just the old but sometimes test the patience of their helpers,
--he was asked by the police cop the details of the robbery, he invented he carried a leather wallet, there were driving licence, national identity card, office card, and a cell phone with his fifty thousand , the wallet was sent from saudi by his uncle as a gift, he gave numbers of his cards and licences, then the description of the robber that he wore salwar suit and was healthy man with moustaches, he spoke little and his dialect was not definable
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-dan knew exactly where to go , it was somewhere in the north eastern chinese town , the old fashioned cottage was built in the traditional chinese style, the wooden gate was opened by them dan announced himself , the walls and ceiling had tiles on them, someone from inside asked them to step in, a young woman in traditional robes asked them to pay four hundred yens, entering their names and giving them the receipt she allowed them to go to another room,where in a brass pot something aromatic was boiling , smoke was rising filling their nostrils, a small old man sat on the floor on a mat leaning against a large long pillow , in front of him burning candles were placed in rows, he asked them to sit down before him on the floor like him, the old astrologer asked yong if he was a chinese, but he was a korean, he wanted to know where could they look for the nurse abducted by someone whose charm they had brought, taking the metal stringed token the old man"s hands trembled, then he threw it away angrily, how dare they gave him such a thing, both dang and yong looked at each other, they told the astrologer how they had found it and wanted to know the where abouts of the owner, it belonged to a manchurian white bear --the head of a tribe , not even police or army or anyone could enter there without his permission, it was his domain and if the nurse was abducted there was a reason behind that, then calling to his grand daughter he asked her to return their four hundred yens for they might need it -in his opinion dang was no fool and too brave to be with yong on the journey
--mother was worried her daughter rahela was seventeen , she had begun searching for suitable life partners for her, speaking about selecting someone right for her one day she stopped her son , so many pictures of so many suitors were coming, but rahela was too small for marriage , let her enjoy , education was a must and let her understand properly the responsibilities of married life said he, but mother later overheard to hurt her sensibilities what her daughter in law ariba was instructing rahela"s brother that mothers were always so particular about their daughters, what if the old woman died tomorrow he would have to shoulder all the burden of entire marriage and his family so it was better he shpuld agree and give his consent to his mother and select one of the grooms she wanted for rahela and quickly get rid of her , they could have the entire space to themselves and be burden free
--the morning was so very much pleasant , Nawaz Bhai sat outside the room on a mud parapet, the natural greenery around was covered with layers of fresh mist, the grass was covered in cool dew, he could never have imagined such a refreshing sight in London and Copenhagen, some school kids were going to school with their school bags hanging around their necks and wooden boards in other and girls smiled at him wishing him morning , what innocence , simply heartwarming , girls were like the birds that took a flight suddenly after picking their fill spreading their wings and scattering in different directions , he became emotional,
--the short man announced himself the inspector in charge of the case , he asked him in english if he was the one who had seen the dead body first, he congratulated the policeman for speaking good english, the inspector remarked he was an american and had many relatives in chicago but he personally did not like america, the other man had at seven thirty found the dead man , as he was leaving , he called the ambulance and the police were informed , no, he did not touch the body at all of mr arnold
-the tapes were fixed, nobody was allowed to jump them, for past twenty minutes they all waited for a police inspector in charge to arrive, he again tried to touch the tape but he was stopped, so he turned to leave the whole scene of crime to go to sit by the lady who sat some distance away, he was a smooth talker, or bribed someone because the dead body was taken before the investigator arrived , the ambulance left and all the inmates in the hotel breathes a sigh of relief and went to their respective rooms, the dead body amidst them all was a matter of great concern and worrying them all
-ralph was there to receive ted and peggy , to escort them authoritatively to their prison cells for cheating and robbery and selling antiques, martin was also present as kite was about to leave , the sheriff instructed him to spend the sunday looking for the thieves who had stolen victorian pieces from the wooden dining table, a silver set another candle stand, suddenly kite knew who were mona and nina, carrying big bags on their shoulders , he rang up noel to get ready to be with him to enjoy a sunday the next day , bargaining at auction houses, as a compensation for that saturday which was half gone and wasted, thrilled and excited to be shopping and looking at more stores noel agreed , kite was thankful to get a chance to be with her on a sunday , he would be on duty and martin would not have to pay the price for silver pieces from his own pocket stolen from his store, kite will be enjoying his paid holiday 
--the biggest defeat is--to see someone "s eyes filled with tears because of you
--kite "s mood should have been nice because it was a weekend again, but every saturday he was asked to substitute his co police officers who would suddenly find a reason to be home, he would in months very rarely on occasions could find either a saturday or a sunday but never consecutive days for himself to be with his girl friend noel who loved shopping in that small county town in california, where tourists came to spend their weekends , markets were closed on those two days but auction houses were open, stalls vendors and sunday market throbbed with throngs of buyers who enjoyed eating out , spending money and be together, kite loved noel the way she loved shopping , other things besides shopping her passions were haggling for useless things she did not want ,she bargained till she was dragged out of the shop by kite or pushed out by the owner , this was a weekend when kite was lucky and found himself enjoying it with noel who took him to wait before the auction house ready to auction items 
-emmie was the owner of classical guitar shop, she loved music , she had modified her guitars for extraordinay musicians and players, one evening two days before christmas comes in just as the shop was about to be closed lucy in snow , cursing the roads and drivers who did not know how to enjoy life in the snow, she wanted a guitar only for herself, she had always used peg for steel strings, strumming the different variety she felt it was ethereal , curious she asked emmie to disclose what were the strings made of if not steel,
--he was appointed security guard a couple of years ago by the drug lord in pittsburgh who also was the owner of a chain of restaurants and night bars , he was called to his office behind the bar and ordered to remove his wife gloria , dominic had found out his fourth wife had not only outstayed her married term , before her all his three wives were divorced within five years , but also gloria was cheating on him, , the loyal guard shoots the junior as gloria escapes, ringing up his boss the guard tells him the junior was dead and gloria absconding, as he was reporting this he heard a point three eight being shot , shutting the phone quickly he reached shady side in pittsburg the house known for the shady job its owner did, dominic also was there but dead, a hole between his eyes was remarkable specimen of accurate marksmanship, will the lawyer was present and gloria sat in the chair that once belonged to her dead husband, the guard felt someone pushing a knife into his spine, luis laughed at him showing him his point three eight that was a gift to him from his father and dominic was shot with it , the revolver was registered in his name, it was all very well planned , the deadly woman gloria had got rid of all the three of them using him to kill the junior, , dominic with his revolver and he would be caught , she would easily be the heir to all of the restaurants and chains of bars
--he stood right outside the closed door and could imagine the couple was involved in a hollywood scene though there was not a chink anywhere to take a peek , he was two years ago appointed security guard by dominic , who was a restaurant and strip club chain owner, they had met in the club office behind the club , there was no window in the office ,it smelt of sweat and talcum powder, for furniture just one ancient metal chair and equally old table , dominic had wanted him to get rid of his fourth wife gloria who was cheating on him and over stayed her five years of marriage, she was dominic"s fourth wife, the first was his school sweet heart who bore him four children, second was his club dancer who lived five years with him , third was also divorced within five years of their marriage but gloria was different , dominic took a swig of his favourite wine and a pinch of cocaine as he continued that she was using south side safe house 
-both dang and yong stopped to eat their meal in one place from where they could see the camp, some tents were visible and a wooden store house , the workers and mainly ming shared their views , that the old were left to die in the harsh climate, the young men and women were separated and sold separately, the ones who fetched more were auctioned , others were married to the local landlords, the strong men became slaves in the fields and menial jobs were allotted them, children were priced commodity , the old and childless bought them for their old age comfort, girls were again divided in two , some sold and others kept, boys were the main attraction and there yong knew the role and importance of the nurse came in, he speculated silently why the nurse was abducted, there was a ray of hope she was alive and will be kept alive 
--dan knew exactly where to go , it was somewhere in the north eastern chinese town , the old fashioned cottage was built in the traditional chinese style, the wooden gate was opened by them dan announced himself , the walls and ceiling had tiles on them, someone from inside asked them to step in, a young woman in traditional robes asked them to pay four hundred yens, entering their names and giving them the receipt she allowed them to go to another room,where in a brass pot something aromatic was boiling , smoke was rising filling their nostrils, a small old man sat on the floor on a mat leaning against a large long pillow , in front of him burning candles were placed in rows, he asked them to sit down before him on the floor like him, the old astrologer asked yong if he was a chinese, but he was a korean, he wanted to know where could they look for the nurse abducted by someone whose charm they had brought, taking the metal stringed token the old man"s hands trembled, then he threw it away angrily, how dare they gave him such a thing, both dang and yong looked at each other, they told the astrologer how they had found it and wanted to know the where abouts of the owner, it belonged to a manchurian white bear --the head of a tribe , not even police or army or anyone could enter there without his permission, it was his domain and if the nurse was abducted there was a reason behind that, then calling to his grand daughter he asked her to return their four hundred yens for they might need it -in his opinion dang was no fool and too brave to be with yong on the journey
--mother was worried her daughter rahela was seventeen , she had begun searching for suitable life partners for her, speaking about selecting someone right for her one day she stopped her son , so many pictures of so many suitors were coming, but rahela was too small for marriage , let her enjoy , education was a must and let her understand properly the responsibilities of married life said he, but mother later overheard to hurt her sensibilities what her daughter in law ariba was instructing rahela"s brother that mothers were always so particular about their daughters, what if the old woman died tomorrow he would have to shoulder all the burden of entire marriage and his family so it was better he shpuld agree and give his consent to his mother and select one of the grooms she wanted for rahela and quickly get rid of her , they could have the entire space to themselves and be burden free