--green peas is a gift of nature to mankind , after potato most popular vegetable added to meats , rice and other dishes is green pea, pods of this contain green seeds, grown and cultivated in tendrils, pea brushes support each other and are self pollinating, along with lentils pulses and beans peas have made their own presence felt among diets from the middle east to all over the globe in all seasons , off seasons its sold in packets, boiled, steamed and buttered green peas are added in salads and side dishes
--women specially modern women are turning to all sorts of interests that add satisfying pleasure to her listless meaningless life, she is doctor, scientist, educated , works in office, teaches, swims and flies, but she hates kitchen , because she is not interested in cooking serving and family and loses focus, cooking is a pastime and fun , its art and science, one of takes interest in in cooking she can become a home chef, enjoy not only her own attitude but also draw pleasure from compliments spoken or unspoken, her determination can make her one more thing in her life that can add meaning to her already established roles she plays from being a working woman
--talking of wealth what happens is that names of the rich come to mind, it is debatable whether wealth is evil or good, it is neither , only the owner of the riches thinking makes it so, if it is used properly for the welfare and progress of mankind it will produce results different from if it is used to destroy and destruct , man lusts to accumulate more wealth , vying others he tries to defeat himself , in the race of possessing more and more man has become so lost , drained of all humane values
--lish was hurt why was anan so rude, he asked her directly, she wanted khaza out of his life , if yunus was alive she would be married to him, but lish had planned a trip of hajj and promised them both marriage on his return, but now he added khaza will go with him on hajj and anan will stay back with the qazi, who was an honest god fearing man who got the murderer of her mother hanged to death, though it was his own son
-- around two hundred poor and hungry were invited by lish to eat the feast he had arranged , then he called anan to a secret place where he could speak freely with her, he openlu declared he wanted to discuss a topic strangely he would not have done so in her mother"s presence, she was so strict, anan defied his accusations, because her mother had always been present and never stopped them from speaking to each other including yunus, he asked her what must be done now, it was again a useless question because he already knew what he was planning to do
--yunus had been killed, lish was satisfied , he could spent more time with the qazi, lish planned a hajj trip , it was certain on his return he would marry khaza and then she too would be free and considered legal wife and enjoy her status like anan,
-since then I wonder what it is that I saw
-like a good dream in bad times
-in those blue eyes mixed feelings of
fear and surprise
-a sight spectacular amidst spring
-roaming from place to place unknown
-ripened and seasoned to maturity
-a dream then appeared as a sigh of relief
-following her to wherever she goes
-ever seen fragrance clutched in fists tight
-how long ataa took to groom himself
-mirror smiled back after ages reflectively
--mr lawyer sarcastically asked the inquiry officer if he had no evidence that atif was the real murderer just on his doubt arresting him was not right, was it possible that atif rang him up informing at three of the crime , the time fixed speculatively of the death at two thirty between two and three he waited half hour by her side ,when he had the chance to escape , Bhatti sab rudely answered he had noor ali a neighbor an eye witness who had seen the atif murdering his wife huma, at that point the defence decided to sit down he had no more to ask
--mr beg was the defence lawyer of his client hashim"s friend accyused of murdering huma his own wife , the inquiry officer was called to the witness box , a rude and dry man he tried to convince the court that he already knew it was atif the husband who had shot his wife dead, whose dead body lay on a sofa and there was no need to pick finger prints and do any paraffin test, the post mortem report revealed the death occurred between two to three and atif rang him up at three to inform she was dead
--the life was taking its normal course but one day huma was found dead in her apartment , her husband was accused and arrested only when his friend consulted mr beg that some hope was seen , but hashim reached alone surprising the criminal lawyer , mansoor did not accompany hashim, he promised to see them later in the court, soon after he got his case ready and registered for a hearing
--if you ask god for something ask for good fortune because many a brainy men have been seen slaving for the fortunate ones-
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-never let success got to your head and defeat to your heart because both have the power to corrupt
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-the inconsiderate will never understand what you are going through because they fail to empathize
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- deep love for someone cane also change to equally deep hatred for when the mirror shatters it turns to a deadly weapon
--a married couple arrived in a restaurant where a drunkard in the bar was seen, the woman whispered to her husband looking towards the drunk man that he was the man whom she refused to marry ten years ago since then he was drinking
--one time it happened that a famous writer rajinder singh bedi was travelling in a train when a ticket checker reached him, unable to find his ticket the famous writer nervously stood up , the ticket checker recognized the celebrity and declared he trusted him , he must have bought the ticket, the nervous man replied it was not about that , without his ticket he will not know where to get down,
--anwar lived in garden west area and had a shop in soldier bazar where his friend atif married to huma was taken on police remand for seven days still in custody was accused of murdering his wife, they lived in a flat in soldier bazar , before his marriage he lived near his house, he could say his friend could never kill a fly , huma was his wife,
--just because he did not appear frightened nor did he appear worried did not mean he was not under any stress, only he was outwardly calm and kept his pose, untim he was asked he did not speak, finally mr beg asked him what was it that was the most precious thing in this world,
-life itself
-and in life what was that that made it priceless
-time
- so without further wasting any time he came to the point what was the problem , the meal was not served so they could begin discussing
--mr beg asked him who he was and how he found him, he was anwar hasim sent by sherazi an income tax lawyer a friend of the writer, the other two sherazis mr beg happened to know were farid sherazi and faisal sherazi of whom anwar had no idea, the young man lived in garden west apartment building flat , married a year earlier he had a opticians shop in soldier bazar
--as he was coming out from the district courts one day for lunch between one and two he heard his name being called out , turning he saw a young handsome pleasant man he had seen five minutes before talking to one of his associates in the corridors perhaps asking for him only following him, his expression seemed he had some problem, giving him time to see him in his office around two thirty hoping by that time he himself would be free from his lunch in a regular restaurant located in the middle , the man also agreeably impressed him , he would also by then eat somewhere , he had to spend one hour somehow, so for the simple reason of liking him the writer advocate invited him to join him at lunch
--what the eye sees is not sometimes real, perception is a package in which go many more things besides reality , the things unseen behind the scene, the reasons and causes and the developments and reasoning, the logic and the story, as explained the writer an experienced advocate who shares his life events with readers
--no amount is good enough to have fun, once when trifle was being made he was given one hundred to get grapes to be added to the dish, he was sent to buy two kilos of them, he reached a street vendor selling the cheapest and got two kilograms packed when he handed one hundred to him the vendor man called out to all his neighbouring vendors to gather around him showing them the money he had paid, they all laughed out loud s much , grapes were for two hundred fifty per kilo, thankfully for him he had some extra cash on him and he managed to escape free with dignity but going to Murree to catch a bird a golden hen with just twenty thousand he looked doubtful, his image and reputation was at stake
--then she called one of her boys to talk in private and give him strict instructions, this trip was not a fun trip for the boys to flirt around , but to catch the golden hens, she had invested all she had on this trip to happen, if they failed to make them golden hens their brides what will she do , she will have to sell off all her gold and assets to pay the loan, , she had given some cash to Arshad's wife and for him twenty thousand enough to spend and enjoy royal treat, it was not Zimbabwe where for that much only eggs were bought ,
--the whole family was vigorously packing everything they could place their hands on except quilts, all that was polyester and cotton, they were all going to Murree , as if it was London on franchise or Siberian winter for which they must be equipped war like , not a trace of tiredness, extremely happy , excited they were going to enjoy snow fall , a different climate from gujranwala
--the older one gets fear of life and the ultimate controls their minds as it did in the case of the senior mother, who did not like the crying of Arshad's wife , it sounded more like bad omen, if she wanted to cry and moan she must do it somewhere else not in the mother "s room, what made the junior feel she could read the older woman's mind that she was not liked, from the beginning , from day one when she entered the family house as newly wedded bride years ago, the senior a seasoned woman called her lovingly to make her troubled head lean against her chest and tell her what was she reading in her mind, the warmth enveloped the younger woman who had approached in a low mood suddenly cheered up and stiffened , a ripple of laughter escaped Arshad at this transformation
--Arshad debated why in the name of god they were after his children who were doing well in their life, only eighteen they still were very young to get married, they would when right time comes earn enough and lead a full life , they will earn a living when they grow up, his wife and others who could not even make simple tea properly how could they cook life for anyone , rivals must be kept at bay , heart burns scorch all those who are near by
--the first three witnesses who were present early in the morning when the door to the gymnasium was unlocked all the three were new and did not know the store manager , the first scene was of jiang "s dead body strangled by her own red scarf laid there surrounded with sixty shuttlecocks, arranged in three rows, not humanly possible for the storekeeper to do it in just five minutes before leaving the last night but the chairman informed the store manager had not on routine time gone locking up the doors but ten minutes earlier starting from other side to end on the murder site, giving him enough time to drag the woman "s body and arrange shuttlecocks for some extra drama, but how did jiang who had left at eight thirty last night after her practice was back by ten at night, , ...the story ends on a note of drama all detectives are basically criminal minded , to catch a thief a thief is used and to solve a murder mystery another murderer can help
--rihang checks the map of the gymnasium and the halls and where the body was found, the store manager was the suspect all fingers pointed towards him but he too was found dead poisoned , was he the killer who killed himself to escape being hanged, his apology letter, resignation letter and a computerized note clutched in the body's right hand all pointed him the murderer, his body was found near oshin university two days later , the office boy was appointed three days ago and all the locks were changed three days ago, ,
--rihang was not following this new case, the media had on the request of Taiwan university hushed up the case, a dead body was found one morning in the one of the badminton courts on the second floor of the four storey building , on the first floor was located the department of physical education with the latest modern equipments, on the second were sports halls and stores where extras were kept, the store manager was responsible for checking in and out , he was in charge of unlocking and locking the doors and windows and handing the keys before leaving at night after ten to the office manager who locked the keys in the office box and all was sealed till morning eight
--rohang was reading a magazine in his room, the door bell called him downstairs , he opened the door to a middle aged man well dressed holding a brief case in one hand, introducing himself as jhang from the county police he had already contacted him on phone before reaching there, inviting himself inside jhang"s house he handed him a envelop from a senior officer mutual friend of both who wanted rohang to help solve a case, like the last time and in the past everytime he had done , the new case file was murder in the badminton court
-they looked on in awe how so many cloaked in different colours gathered around, their faces in protective covers, women did not speak but their speaker was broadcasting a folk song in Punjabi , explaining to live a simple life, to discard evils and greed , the singing was absolutely fantastic, singer in the lead had a lovely voice followed by the chorus repeating it rhythmically , amazing how well folk songs gave messages to lay people , but where would they find reshmi, on either side of the veiled leader stood guard two of his wrestler men in blue heavy weight champions , one description by paja fitted on the right of the leader as karnali, , it was not possible to go anywhere near him, suddenly it occurred to him the main woman singer could be reshmi , who as told by tajur had a brilliant singing voice and was influenced by karnali to leave the material world to become an ascetic, her voice was her talent , her talent was used against her to put her in danger
--finally the moment of climax arrived, with the arrival of veiled master covered from head to tow in a black cloak , not a part of skin visible , his face also framed with extra care with black material, others surrounding him were his very close to his heart disciples and followers in blue cloaks, men began sitting in neat rows ,the arrangements were taken care of very strictly, women were on the other side of the partition, their murmuring could be heard announcing they also were present to listen to the veiled master speak, a battery charged loud speaker was placed before the great master and one in the women's section, aniq whispering asked if someone would speak from the woman's world also, naturally women were natural speakers and spoke better and more than men could ever possibly do
--the long hall was divided into two sections by a wooden partition in the middle, both he and aniq were there to find reshmi who was tajur"s life, married to parvez--the paja, , but if the women were to gather on the other side of the screen , how would they locate her, seeing faces was impossible, meeting and speaking to anybody there was not easy , men also were in covered faces how will they know reshmi among the crowds of followers in thousands gathering there, what a massive building and a huge vast complex it was the drums stopped and with it the dancers in trance came to a halt,
--the man stopped, but he remained silent, not answering, he quietly took his cap , dusted off and handed him , then he went on his way, babur explained them both that this was normal for the men who had renounced the worldly pleasures accepting ascetic life following discipline and rules of living in solitude not speaking to anyone some of them had even covered their faces like veiled master pledged for life never to reveal themselves, never to show their face to anyone, pointing towards the long section of the hall he pointed towards one such ascetic who had used a blue length of material to cover his head and frame his face to hide it from others,
--how odd it was looking at her now sitting in a comfortable soft sofa so stiffly like her neck , legs and arms were tightened up , screwed in with iron rods to keep them straight, feroza aunt thought she must see to the food in the kitchen calling rehana who did not move and other younger aunt got up to help feroza on the mother in charge "s instruction, because food was already cooked it took less time than expected to lay it out on the dining table, both chat and patt piled up their plates generously as shaman, Farhan and rehana dotted the corners of their plates artistically to make an impression on others
--the three women of the house stood there welcoming the guests, nobody had spoken anything to the other yet their sixth sense was working overtime, they all knew without being told that the musical voices greeting them belonged to the future brides of the family, mother began yelling on top of her voice commanding them all to get her banarsi silk embroidered veil she had been asking for since morning, that who was responsible for not getting it for her ironed, was someone ready to go to banaras to get it for her or should she wait to cover herself with it now
---the car stopped and from the front seat out came bro with wind blown hair , from the back seat emerged two peahens , so plain and simple that rehana was rather disappointed, because she herself was dressed to kill the winner of bridals in any contest, with two coats of nail paint applied even to the little toes, brightly made up , with eye make up so heavy as if she had never got time to sleep since her birth, layers of facial foundation also thick like plaster, over done to impress her American relatives she felt the women had spent time studying and overlooked being women , how dreadful
--across the gate the car horn was heard and in the same moment the gate was opened quickly , this quickness was displayed surprisingly by rehana, who was a declared born lazy, who hated doing anything other would do for her, as if laziness and slowness was beaten into her naturally, she just did everything possible in slow motion if she did it at all, she was considered lifeless, feroza tai always pressed her to eat more and properly on time, she took so much time swallowing bites of her food that irritated feroza would threaten her that one day she herself would like to widen her food pipe in her neck with a wiper, but her reaction of a superman was also normal because the mention of American relatives had suddenly activated her to super action
--
abura again explained their Bhabhi was resting after her routine cooking, she had cooked for the two visitors and their two sets of children and she had this habit of resting a while with her own children in her room, , so hungry was abura tha she ran towards the kitchen to eat her food, in the kitchen it was her daily duty to do the dishes and help clean them up in the sink but today a giant pile was ominously staring at her , teasing her challengingly, usually Bhabhi would wash them every day while cooking in the kitchen just a plate or two but when so many guests arrived, so many dishes were cooked, so many were there to eat , so may more dirty plates and cooking pans got piled up in the sink for abura
-noshi was ready to give her version of family sorrows she was going through , making halwas was not robbing saiqa or putting any extra burden on her husband"s pockets like noshi was to fulfil the demands of her in laws , her old aging invalidated father in law was so fond of eating mutton dishes cooked by her that though on a strict diet and medical care he would ask her to secretly cook his favourite dishes , this was adding so much pressure of emptying purses
--abura explained she was not late from her university she was back same time only because in winters the days squeezed short it felt she was home in the dark, it was fun being together in different seasons for various reasons specially when all the married sisters visited parental homes with children and long list of complaints against their in laws to share with who ever was willing to hear them moan, saiqa began her in laws made demands on her to cook for them delicious hot halwas
-abura returned home from her university one evening in winters , to find a strange scene in her drawing room, small groups of small children were engaged in wrestling with each other, all types of free styles were being practiced, she quickly stopped them by pulling them away from each other, her two sisters saiqa and noshi had come home with their children , they all embraced each other affectionately
--there was a big bazar in the village unexpectedly, a couple of inns for travelers, admirers and supporters of the veiled master could easily find a place to spend their night, native chefs and cooks were available at a reasonable price, who served and helped the followers to the shrine , offerings of sweet dishes and silk sheets and other things that were wanted were produced by these expert cooks, their job was to provide the outsiders with what they needed to offer, it was a noisy little village remotely located nestled amidst high mountains
--the village was situated on a height surrounded with high mountains , the slopes dotted with residential huts, disappearing in the distance around the mountains, from behind one of the slopes was showing colourful flags quivering in the wind against the skyline this was the dera they were looking for, this is where they would also find the veiled master
--this is true that big fish eats small fish, paja was a big fish but he was overpowered by even bigger than him fishes, when the next morning aniq and he woke up they found paja had run away at night, stealing aniq's jacket and cash , but it did not matter much because they had learnt what they needed to from him, they had understood the directions , old army vehicles were used in the villages where malangs lived, across the stream, where jeep tracks were the only visible sign that would lead them to their destination, hiring one vehicle they reached karmawala
--aniq asked what did he mean by veiled master, had nobody seen him, was he the most powerful there whose rules were followed to please him, but if someone had earned something with his hard work sweat and honest living it should belong only to the one who had earned it , not to anyone and specially like someone who was not known publicly except in secret that he was the veiled master, but where did the fat malang live , across the stream in the village malang dera near karmawala , to reach him they must reach the village
-both of them he and aniq could not find reshi there, now there next destination was some eight kilometers away a village inhabited by the natives who visited a particular holy site where they saw gathered were many followers and the performers were in a trance dancing and spinning their heads on the beat of the drums played, they both decided to leave when something odd happening drew their attention, someone was on the steps of the feasting room found unconscious, in his twenties he had injuries on his face some seven days old and in his pocket drug cigarettes broken and crumpled
-he and aniq both were on the mission to find reshi, who was not found anywhere, they began walking , then they took a village cart to speed up their search, later when the road was reached they caught a rickety old bus that would take them to kotli via Mirpur, winter sun was pleasant and the surrounding slopes were grassy hilly terrain, fields were growing sugarcane and corn, they had already made a full chart by the help of the residents of chandgarh of the mazars and other religious sites frequented by the crowds in kotli , hoping perhaps they would find reshi there in one of them
--the result of desiring you is seen
-movements of stars invisible are seen
-looking at the strength of our love
-you are not felt equal to love
-what all the ruthless world will show
-your eyes show sorrow of hurt
-come out of your shell , my dear
-let me show you the world through my eyes
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the weakness had defeated yasar , he was a brave man but now it was not physically possible for him to help his mother and sister and others , he wanted them taken out from the danger they were in in the village and be safe in Lahore, he was a frightened man taken refuge in a grave digger"s basement
--he watched Iqbal meet his old uncle shamas chacha a grave digger , then the affectionate uncle asked him to settle himself down comfortably , to take a warm blanket for he looked tired , then dragging the bed to one side he opened the floor lining , a young swollen faced man yasar came out to hug Iqbal with tears in eyes, this was a sentimental scene , he was disappointed, then he heard yasar give them messages in slow soft tones
-he started his bike posing as if leaving them, a little distance away he stopped his bike amidst the thick grove, he saw Iqbal quickly walking the sides of the lined up cottages not directly entering the town , this was curious indeed, he began following him till they reached the cemetery , , taking cover he shadowed him to the two low ceilinged rooms built in the vicinity of the cemetery, lit within were lanterns casting faded light , Iqbal knocked at one of the doors which was opened by an elderly grave digger
-screaming she ran up the stairs in the pitch dark night, she was all alone, rustling followed her, she saw a shadow around her moving, the shining eyes watching her, looking at the sky she could not see the stars and the moon and the natural beauty that she would admire in normal circumstances , she felt the presence of someone , something supernatural , fear of the mysterious , she felt someone pressed his hand on her shoulder, she turned around there was nothing there, she began laughing out loudly , hysterically , a sign of ultimate fear point she had reached
--lish was hurt why was anan so rude, he asked her directly, she wanted khaza out of his life , if yunus was alive she would be married to him, but lish had planned a trip of hajj and promised them both marriage on his return, but now he added khaza will go with him on hajj and anan will stay back with the qazi, who was an honest god fearing man who got the murderer of her mother hanged to death, though it was his own son
--just because he did not appear frightened nor did he appear worried did not mean he was not under any stress, only he was outwardly calm and kept his pose, untim he was asked he did not speak, finally mr beg asked him what was it that was the most precious thing in this world,
--what the eye sees is not sometimes real, perception is a package in which go many more things besides reality , the things unseen behind the scene, the reasons and causes and the developments and reasoning, the logic and the story, as explained the writer an experienced advocate who shares his life events with readers
--finally the moment of climax arrived, with the arrival of veiled master covered from head to tow in a black cloak , not a part of skin visible , his face also framed with extra care with black material, others surrounding him were his very close to his heart disciples and followers in blue cloaks, men began sitting in neat rows ,the arrangements were taken care of very strictly, women were on the other side of the partition, their murmuring could be heard announcing they also were present to listen to the veiled master speak, a battery charged loud speaker was placed before the great master and one in the women's section, aniq whispering asked if someone would speak from the woman's world also, naturally women were natural speakers and spoke better and more than men could ever possibly do
--abura again explained their Bhabhi was resting after her routine cooking, she had cooked for the two visitors and their two sets of children and she had this habit of resting a while with her own children in her room, , so hungry was abura tha she ran towards the kitchen to eat her food, in the kitchen it was her daily duty to do the dishes and help clean them up in the sink but today a giant pile was ominously staring at her , teasing her challengingly, usually Bhabhi would wash them every day while cooking in the kitchen just a plate or two but when so many guests arrived, so many dishes were cooked, so many were there to eat , so may more dirty plates and cooking pans got piled up in the sink for abura 
-both of them he and aniq could not find reshi there, now there next destination was some eight kilometers away a village inhabited by the natives who visited a particular holy site where they saw gathered were many followers and the performers were in a trance dancing and spinning their heads on the beat of the drums played, they both decided to leave when something odd happening drew their attention, someone was on the steps of the feasting room found unconscious, in his twenties he had injuries on his face some seven days old and in his pocket drug cigarettes broken and crumpled
-he and aniq both were on the mission to find reshi, who was not found anywhere, they began walking , then they took a village cart to speed up their search, later when the road was reached they caught a rickety old bus that would take them to kotli via Mirpur, winter sun was pleasant and the surrounding slopes were grassy hilly terrain, fields were growing sugarcane and corn, they had already made a full chart by the help of the residents of chandgarh of the mazars and other religious sites frequented by the crowds in kotli , hoping perhaps they would find reshi there in one of them 
