-it is said taimur lung and bijazat were enemies, defeated bijazat was presented chained before taimur lung , taimur lung was one legged , bijazat one eyed, looking at him the victorious over his enemy taimur laughed out loud in the court, explaining how the creator had bargained and transferred the empire from one eyed to a one legged because in the eyes of the creator they all had no value at all
-one should look sickly on face
-love sick symptoms expressed better visible
-ocean of love is dangerous enough
-to get across is needed a love boat
-every other person ready to read beloved
-woman is turning a reading material daily
-life how long will aimless take one around
-broken or of mud a home is a home
-pleading leave from your memories for a day
-to rest and get comforted just for a day
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chandni was upset for several reasons , she also was sulking because kiran her soul mate had shared how she was feeling with jamil, specially about the partridge episode, she returned home and freshened up and met mother, taking a pillow she reclined on her bed, her phone rang, it was to her surprise salim who wanted to spend some time like old friends somewhere , he missed being together with her on the sea shores and eat outside , this was very funny that he should first send her partridge pictures repeatedly and then call her up to spend time together, salim was stunned speechless it was not him sending her things
-chandni instructed salim to stay away from her locker, she had a right to question him what was he doing near her locker, his answer did not satisfy her , in fact she flared up, was he not the one who had before this also placed a hand written note in her locker with flowers for her, if not then why was he there to place another note for her, this time he said surprised that he had never before this been to her locker or sent her any flowers with notes , he was sorry for his last night"s behaviour and for that he was writing a forgiveness note to her
-chandni was about to leave for home when she was forcibly stopped by salim, he clutched her wrist in his claws and began to physically pull her along with him to go with him , she was not willing and refusing dryly his offer of accepting a lift home, jamil thundering and roaring entered the scene and declared salim was misbehaving when chandni already had kiran with her and together they were going home , jamil was a friend and he too could give her a lift if she wanted , that salim must be sensible and behave more responsible, salim left them alone and disappeared
-chandni entering the room screamed , salim was crawling bleeding to death, he had tried to come closer to her and heaved a sigh and breathing heavily he spoke to her he could not live without her he was a dead man, so he was serious , why did she suspect him, she began to cry , people running around gathered to watch them, salim was dying bleeding and took out a kerchief not to wipe up his own blood but to wipe her tears
-kiran was absent from the scene and sikander was found sitting alone at the table, chandni sat down by him , he saw through her expressive face that she had some problem , he asked her to trust him, he could solve her problem for her , at least she could feel better, suddenly an explosion was heard with a bang resounding , all those present began running towards the sound of bang , the route taken was from where chandni sat with sikander at the table, she too got up to run but she as stopped by sikander and taken to a shut door where he listened sticking his ear to the door , when he opened the door chandni stepped in and screamed
-chandni asked jamil he looked rather worried , he asked was there any law that he should always be seen laughing, she wanted to know if he had sent her a flower bouquet like his past habit of enjoying his own practical jokes, he had given up all practical and theoretical jokes and become a different mature and serious person, when she told him about things happening around her with the latest ladder incident he looked concerned,
-sorrow gives nothing but a sense of exhaustion tiredness to the suffering person, who feels amazingly helpless and weak, pain without any reason, life becomes miserable, she was now trapped in the net of sorrow wanting to free herself to be happy
-he was searchingly looking at her face thinking why parents send off their daughters to foreign lands to get married to strange men they do not know whether they are suitable and right for them or not, what becomes of such brides is pathetic story , she asked smiling if he had found an answer to what he was looking for on her face , if his tone was serious hers was like broken crushed glass, shattered and hurt, back was he himself ruthless and selfish who taunted her for being emotional and soon age with wrinkles and shrunk
-nishan guessed he had eaten outiside and now helping himself with a cup of hot coffee , he invited her to join him in cofee, she willingly accepted she had not eaten since morning, she was waiting fo him, they all three ate together, realising it he asked if she had eaten , she made an excuse she did not feel like eating at all, looking at her come out from the namaz with a glow on her face he became silent then asked if she had been crying,
-his nature , habit and srtyle revealed his inner self to her , she began liking him , but she remained silent before him, in his presence she stayed dumb, speechless and felt stupid, he was not naive and ignorant, he was a man of the harsh world, rabah gave instructions and left , he went with her to see her off at the air port, nishan became sad and lonely, it was a long day she rang up amma bi and talked to her for very long , a hearty talk lifted some of her sadness, but he did not come back home till mid night , she had offered prayers of isha namaz and folded the cloth and placed it on the table when she heard him make himself a cup of coffee in the lounge
-then basid kamal handed a packet to nishan , she saw it held the sari she had admired at rabah and thought of buying it later sometime, he wanted her to accept it as a return gift , she had given him a birthday gift though it was not her birthday that day but when she would celebrate hers she might be somewhere else away from him, perhaps with her husband or amma bi in pakistan , then she must not feel he had forgotten to gift her a birthday present, suddenly she saw another side of his character and for the first time she liked him for his warmth
--he again was standing near her , asking her to stop to listen to what he had to say, feeling rather odd that a star like him was talking to her and that too in such a polite manner made her turn to listen to him, he had something very important to tell , that he was not fawad khan but his duplicate
-nishan lied for the first time to amma bi but it was not the last time , he was looking at her with a critical director"s eye, if she lost some wight she could become a good actress famous and popular, she was nervous to see a celebrity actor before her in real life in that situation,
-handing her the cordless he himself left the room to nishan to call her family, she was not sure what would she tell amma bi, who was very much delighted to hear from her grand daughter, who told her she was fine and safe and all were taking good care of her, peace descended on the old woman that showed in her voice and tone,
--she was upset, she heard the phone ringing unstoppably, she was a stranger and an outsider she could not answer the phone no matter how disturbing it is, that man was sitting doing yoga meditation for over half hour and he came to pick yp the phone before which he asked her tauntingly if she was deaf , she looked at him and her eyes flooded with tears, he gave her a message from rabah , nishan he said could call her family back in pakistan from there,, she sat upright though still upset and confused at her own plight
-chandni looking at sikander told her friend kiran he looked somewhat familiar , kiran also bragged if someone like him had she ever met she would have remembered and never forgotten, chandni wanted some time and some close proximity to see him to recall where and when had they met, she pulled her chair near him introducing herself and welcoming him and congratulating him for his right decision of joining their institute , he checked her for her formality and dropping all the titles attached to their social status he called her directly by her first name and she too did the same by pronouncing his name and showing how happy she was decorating her lips with her best smile
-chandni spoke to kiran that this man was never seen before, rose zaya asad"s voice asking everyone present there to pay attention to her, she was introducing the man sikander ali an art student with much useful experience that will guide others in art scope, he was there to learn more and take classes exchanging ideas in drama field, she concluded that it was not an exaggeration to say he was an encyclopeadia of sorts, this statement made kiran to react suspiciously , , never before this kind of introduction was heard, sikander ali on the stage was smiling sweetly and looking at everyone as if his smile had won them all
-then kiran asked driving the car , was she not in a relationship a year ago, what happened, perhaps it was possible the stalker was him but he had changed since, he could still be serious about her, but she wished it was not so because patching up with someone she had broken up was not going to make her any happier, but if it was someone different then they could take his help, suddenly kiran turned a corner so sharply that chandni had to balance her self and her scream, what was kiran doing , the party was on, yes but someone was following them, it was a car and its headlights, again they turned a corner zaya asad lived near by, but the car was still following them, trying to hit them off the road
-look there chandni pointed in a direction and kiran turned to her eyes to see there was an aluminium ladder placed in the grassy lawn directly beneath chandni"s bedroom on the second floor, this was amazing, first the flowers, then the car , now this , if someone had come to stand on it he too should have fallen down with the ladder, there were no signs of anyone around or having driven past in a vehicle, , the wind could not have brought the ladder there coinciding with cards and flowers , one thing was clear and certain that someone was stalking them, but they could not speak to their mother right now because she would get upset and she believed they were partying
--he can never hurt you, never , never can this happen, its my promise to you,, this was said by chandni , the dialogue was soaked and saturated with emotions and her soft voice was melodramatic, , the audience exploded in an admiring applause, , the curtain began to fall down , before it could completely shut the performers chandni bowed and accepted with pleasure the appreciation given her , all her companions on the stage also followed her suit and then the curtain hid them all , chandni thought she was satisfied and enjoyed being the center of attention , she was raking the spotlight and drew the crowds
-how can i forget him just like that
-he who is settled in my every pore
-living in a snow house was i
-moment by moment wasting my life
-he came like sun
-clearing the mist around
--melting the snow
-i was revived in life
-now life is pledged to him
-is he beloved or angel
-is this love or worship
- shah zeb asked sajad to find out the names of the brides hoping one of the girls was zebin, , sanbal moaned she was kept bosu giving oil massage to the begum, sahib was not available only sajjad could find out things , sanbal spent time reading out books and as a companion full time she was over burdened with the beghum and what a fat woman beghum was,
--lucy was saved because she was taken not to the vet but to the main hospital where human beings are treated, her system was cleaned up on time, blood was changed and she was better, , so one more point was clarified that the rice was poisoned in a controlled dose
-aniq and shah zeb returned to the room, aniq was certain that the sample of left over rice was poisoned , feeling sorry for kamal and abrahim who had been poisoned , but was it really possible their own parents were involved, , who were so doting and loving,, more over two brides were brought two days ago for the victims and soon angagement ceremony was to take place, perhaps aniq and sha zeb would be invited if not they could use services of sanbal
-the voices were coming through the closed windows and walls, a couple of more were seen around, , they also came out on the grassy lawn, lucy the female monkey was poisoned , azmir quickly took her to the hospital,, shah zeb and the chef were helping the monkey , aniq "s eyes were shining bright , he had certain proof that the rice was poisoned , poor lucy
-aqa jan repeated their words , they had taken permission from the beghum for a stroll but they had some wicked scheme in mind or what were they doing near the trash dump , poking and looking at it, a wave of sheer cold fear ran through their spine, they were mistaken that nobody was watching them , they had seen noone around but perhaps cc tv cameras were monitoring their ever move very closely, they answered why should such an irrelevant matter like a trash dump bother aqa jan, but aqa jan wanted to know what were they looking for and what was it that aniq had picked up from there,they were taken to the survielance room where they would see for themselves that aqa jan had seen them pick up something of importance
-he asked aniq if he was sure it was the same rice from the food plates of the two brothers , aniq was sure because the food was half eaten and still mixed and left uneaten they neared the para house and saw some guards on duty had returned who had left with them earlier, as they reached the main gate they saw the rough face of aqa khan and with him was the in charge of the guards rafaqat , looking sternly at them both aqa khan asked where have both of them been roaming, they were also ready with a reply, they had gone strolling with the permission of the beghum
-one held a branch of a tree using it like a stick to poke the trash as the other with his foot swept aside things there to look for what they were after, this was a pile of empty juice containers, tins, cans, vegetable peels, fruits skins , empty milk packets and so on, suddenly aniq"s eyes brightened up , he had come prepared with small pouches and he began collecting left over rice , then checking if someone was watching he quickly tucked the samples in his socks
-they casually like strolling reached the spot, it was the dump of trash and left over food and other filth thrown out, some blue shoppers were standing out from the rest
, these three blue shoppers contained the trash from the para house they were after, they looked around but nobody was around as far as they could see, sunshine was also getting warmer and brighter, aniq sar down and opened the three shoppers
-a charpai is built to accommodate the society in such a manner that everyone can be adjusted , back to back gossiping and arguing and backbiting , it is not a luxury item or a comfortable cot yet once the seat is taken nobody wants to get up, moving sideways forward and backward one tries his best to maintain his position, women like to quarrel first and argue later, men argue first and fight later so the question is raised how may can be adjusted in one charpai to spend some quality time together scandal mongering ,
-sajad ahmed was a cut above others for he could see what others missed to catch, he for some reason believed it was not a case of killing a brother by a brother just for the sake of property , the suspect was in the lock up and repeated he had not shot the victim, how he used his wisdom and discretion is admirable
-a wealthy man interviewing a suitor for his daughter asked if he would still marry her if he disowned her , of course the madly in love with the daughter the young man replied , oh, then the rich father said he was sorry to reject him because he did not want another idiot in the family and his house
-sajad ahmed was just recently posted in the area , he was given the case to handle , he was famous and sought after investigator , he reached the victim"s house to meet the widow, barisa was a pretty with her blue eyes turned red with tears shed and unshed, she was willing to answer his queries, they all lived in a large joint family, hamid and his family lived on the other side of the mansion , their rooms were separated from theirs , after the demise of the father in law hamid"s wife began instigating and provoking him for division and partition, but their family tradition was to eat together and live together from ages
-in the surrounding noises of conversations and people a weak voice rose for help, asking someone and anyone to stop the man holding the revolver from shooting him, but the voice drowned in the noise and a shot was heard exploding the air shattering the air, the suspect tried to run away but was with an admirable expertise was caught by the guard at the gate of the bank , the victim bled to death by his own brother
-amma bi said how could ahmed nawab even for a second think of asking her to send nisha off on rukhsati from there all alone to a new land, as an elder she had her dreams of making the rukhsati traditional and social event, ahmed nawab had gone abroad and become a stranger himself to them, but ahmed nawab explained sahab was unable to get vise for pakistan so it was not possible to make it there though his own wish was to come to his homeland and get all the customs followed
-he looked at nisha tightly cosy wrapped up under the blanket, she was fast asleep , his surprise was natural,, she was dressed in bright red and pink bridal , her facial make up was rubbed off ,this was a every day affair, he asked who was she , ruhan handed a mug of coffee to basid and shrugged her shoulders , so even she did not who was she, his temper raised with his voice how could she bring someone totally stranger home, she could be a robber, , slipping her hands through her own long silky hair she asked him if he really believed that woman could be a robber
-we cried over our circumstances
-but you are crying over what
-how it was spent killing us
-all night long over the stars we cried
-who has time to cry over others
-everyone cries only for his own lost joys
-saif this day is spent like the end of the world
-unexplaoned remains what reason we all cried over
-nisha was entering the meadows of dreamland when suddenly was shaken up from her deep reverie, to sit up to look at her amma bi closely, she was still trying to disect the meaning of what was amma saying , so there was some problem, a doubt rose in her mind, perhaps her nest was broken before it could be built, she had to ask amma if there was some kind of serious matter bothering and hovering on them, the word problem in her mouth tasted dangerous but she maintained her calm outwardly,, amma denied with a force that was more than mecessary that there was no matter just that nisha should be prepared for her future,, she had informed nawab ahmed and he will be there to collect her at the air port
-rashid got up to sit next to the professor saying he was mad and also turning him crazy , but the professor was trying to present his view point, what did he get after all, not this world, not the after world, not his beloved nor the wealth, not his love nor his relatives , his sister nilofer also was enjoying life forgotten was he by her , no body bothered to look for him, reality was absolutely different from what he had thought, his loss was greater than his gain, his life was wasted , he was finished like him, rashid stopped him from talking nonsense
-a child asked his father what should he believe whether man evolved from monkey as his mother told him or man descended from adam and eve as father told him, who was right and what story was correct, the father cut him short and explained both were right, mother"s family evolved from monkeys and she still growl when angry , his descended from adam and he behaved gentlemanly if the child took after him he had a better choice to grow up like a man than a monkey
-in a factory only married men were employed as workers, no women , no unmarried men, this caused a sensation and women groups shouted slogans before the factory office demanding a en explanation for the gender and marital difference , the manager came out to explain it was nothing like what they were feeling, because they employed only married men because they were more patient, obedient and tolerant and worked more hours thanks to their wives training
-the difference between the professor and rashid was not just about their intentions but also the motive and back ground, the professor had killed and rashid had not committed any crime yet both were together in the same cell in prison , both were given same treatment because both were good and their behaviour examplary , but one was innocent yet he was there with the killer who showed not a trace of guilt , rashid had lost his will and aim of life, but both were allowed to spend and share time together
-amazing is the quaint quality of time for everyone, it is not the same , for some time flies past in a wink of an eye and proves it is the last moment of life for him it was totally opposite when he was about to be declared free the time stopped forever, the dawn of freedom never arrived , he could not breathe ,
-a week later they were married, merjina and robinson, it was a grand affair of a wedding function, how happy she was, he also spent all his time with her, for a month they showered their total attentive love on each other and then by the end of the month he came home a changed man, his another colour , his other side of his character came to surface ,
-robinson over heard the conversation between the uncle and his niece , he was eating his breakfast at the table and he got choked, her decision made it easier to swallow the morsel , finishing off his meal he joined them in the drawing room where a tall elderly man came closer and announced sarcastically so this was the pauper man she wanted to marry, but she also stubbornly announced the pauper was no longer going to stay pauper because she would make him rich , uncle was ready to accept her choice but not going to support her choice
-merjina spoke to her uncle about robinson, she would marry only him , he was poor but decent, grateful for she had saved him, he would always keep her safe and happy, unlike other suitors who were eager to marry her for her wealth , who could quickly get rid of her and become the owners of her wealth , if he did not give his permission she would rather stay unmarried all her life and that was all
-a new groom reached his in laws in lucknow , the mother in law respectfully asked what should be cooked for the lunch for him, dear son our groom would you like to have mian pataoes or mehtrama ladyfingers, or pumpkin sahib, the groom simply replied he was not worthy of all those respectful vegetables and preferred to see a shameless rooster in his plate
-it was past mid night, leaning against the wall in the datk were two lovers, ashraf and bano who were not allowed to marry each other, she was engaged to her cousin soon returning from dubai, ashraf declared he would shoot the groom but bano when asked if that would solve their problem and if then they would be able to marry silenced ashraf, they could not live without seeing each other and this type of meeting in the field at night was no life
