-the unexpected had happened, , it was absolutely disturbing , their peace of mind was shattered, , bua would sit with visitors long time narrating her tales of woe,crying out her heart, sharing her pain,, she would lose her control and her emotions poured out , if only tears could bring back the dead !
-someone unknown was on the line on the other side, and what was being said as madra watched bua 's face turn ashen , she almost jumped her step to her, bua falling down screamed they had all lost their life joy , warisha was dead, , roma beghum the life of their family , their world warisha girlie was gone,, the world had come to an end , bua spin and collapsed finally,, she was no good even to give her a few drops of water
-next morning she woke up rather late , she had a her tea and biscuits for breakfast and went to meet dadu , she asked if there was any news from warisha, who was expecting and soon her delivery date was nearing,, the phone in the lounge was constantly ringing drawing their attention to it, she reluctantly got up thinking where was bua and nobody attending the phone
-and that was the last night they were together, when all of them were together and after that they all drifted away and lost touch with each other , after uncle and aunty were gone it was heard both warisha and faras also flew away,roma dadi glied herself to her room in sorrow,, bua became inactive with idleness and spare time hanging heavy on her hands
-madra was asked if she had a choice and option she could tell them, she looked up expectantly at warisha, , everyone in the room gathered and suggested her getting married, why keep someone waiting who was so much desirous of her , she suspected it was all meant to hurt her , a new injury added to her already broken soul
-she deliberately does it so to catch attention from faras, did someone not notice how she reacted when he fainted, from far away sounds were coming , his whimper was heard and warisha was asked to stay calm, , his eyes heavy and head spinning and swirling with pain pangs shooting through his head, for very long time she could not open her eyes, , what a deep slumber it was , madra why dont you get married, madra"s spilled her tea , every one was gathered in the room
-his words roamed around echoing his presence in her room all night long spinning her mind , like a noose round her neck tightening their grip,, shackles they became to hold her back gluing her feet to the spot injuring her , in the morning she would shake off all the thorns from her pillow, break away from the shackles, loosen her noose round her neck , emerging smiling and behaving normally to get along with her daily routine
-days left for the wedding preparation were very few,, betting things arranged the day arrived on them,, the wedding day of warisha with faras ibn murad, so what weddings are made in heaven why worry,, nobody was blamed , they made a handsome couple and were so fortunate,, she feared herself, she feared her sighs which all night stayed with her like thorns on her pillow, his voice echoing he felt he resided in her soul and sometimes she did in his
-sum up life in word so
-without you it is nothing at all
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-ot was past mid night, wrapped up in her own thoughts she was staring out of the window, , her eyes vacant as if someone plucked her dreams out , how naive she was , everything was so slear and only she could not see it , warisha and faras and fars and warisha
- -warisha screamed looking at madra -did she know she was getting married,
-oh , really when
-ask to whom
-madra was suddenly taken aback by warisha's attitude and asked to whom
- to faras ibn murad,,looking into madra"s eyes announced warisha ...or was it that she was looking for something in her eyes, if at that moment madra was herself she would have revealed but it was not disclosed and warisha asked if she was not happy to hear the hews
-happy? suddenly madra forgot what happiness meant she had lost the meaningfulness of the word and the definition of happiness
-is that you warisha, , shocking it was to be not able to recognize her
-warisha smiled but she actually was not herself, with her dark patched face, under eyes dark, her mood and nature so turned dark and gloomy , how could that be warisha, who was sunshine of the entire family, madra sat holding her hands in her room searching for some sign of lost warusha in her
-when she entered the house except her bua nobody else was present to welcome her, nor did she hope or had any expectations for it,
-oh , what a pity the girl has shrink so much in just a few days, look at her, it seems khala did not feed her properly enough!!
-she said she missed bua and specially her cooked dishes even much more
-it was unidentified hour of late night
-suddenly her eyes opened, the noise of the fan was stopped,, though the fan was not silent her clothes were soaked in her own sweat sticking to her body,, her mouth dry chipped, her breath stuck in her throat , she needed some air , cool and refreshing , she hurried to get up from her cot and hit another cot, khala yelled if it was madra who spoiled her sleep colliding with her
-it was late night , like past few nights humid hot fuming like a life in a matchbox , the yard of the house so square and tight it had no ventilation, madra sat o her cot with her hands in her lap looking around at sleeping figures snoring loudly, she felt pity and annoyance at the same time for them, how could anyone sleep so peacefully in such temperatures, with two children around them on every cot
-the table at breakfast was overloaded decoratively,, when both of them reached the dining room together,, warisha was arranging tea and other things on the table, when madra asked in a pleasant surprise if she managed to get up early that day warisha was startled and turned around , she could never have believed it that madra could also possibly be with faras , she asked her in return if she also got up early and had her morning walk, and where were others another question was fired, others will reach later to have their breakfast, madra dragged her chair as faras washed his hands before sitting down to eat
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we important to them
-wishing heart thinks so
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-t was the back door entrance to the house, she sat on a rock surrounded with naturallu growing green fresh grass
-everyone had gone back to their respective homes, she also ate to satiate he r hunger and holding a large mug of tea emerged and stopped , on the other end of the corridor stood he,, he took a step forward towards her,, the wax candle flames slightly trembled on their shelves,, and madra"s heart began to beat faster, is her dream coming true, , what will he say and what will follow next,, excuse me , he said, she took a u turn not ready to hear what he was to say, her tea spilled over her hot and steaming , she was not aware of herself
-the corridor was semi dark, illuminated from outside ,madra dressed up emerged from her room and almost ran into someone, he was asking her where did she hide herself and did not appear before him,she looked at him with surprise , in his complaining eyes she saw sadness
-on roma"s demand bua ji left all her work and looked at her, warisha seemed overcast all over in the lawn party meeting and seen with everyone present there,not a false fake smile stuck on her lips but actual genuine joy brightened her face,, such social gatherings refurbished her and kept her happy,, how absolutely different were the two girls
-the most strange and unexpected thing that happened was madra got herself a separate room,, dadi asked her at the dining table if something had happened , warisha explained she had nothing to do in this for it was the decision of adults , it is a good thing in a way because habits must be changed with adulthood and the childhood whims and fancies must be left behind
-it was quite a sad evening,, she sat on the swing her eyes shut as if waiting for someone,, but such pleasant events do not happen always on demand and when expectations are high,she kept on opening and shutting her eyes but what was not to be did not occur.
-in fact descended inky darkness on the rosy pink disk, and the entire valley got quickly covered under the nightfall
-, she flew her eyes open on the deep male voice saying hello , confused and scared she stood up quickly,, she put her bare feet on the cool grass and a shiver ran through her spine , faras smiled, did he scare her,
yes, no she was not sure how she felt
-yes or no he asked , he was clad in his jogging suit
-warisha enjoyed arranging her glass decoration pieces herself, she was also trying to focus on her work to escape and avoid being questioned, why was she so mood spoiler and for that reason to release the tense air faras had taken them to have ice creams,, but there also she uncaring of them both got up and walked off
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hearing the brakes screeching surrounding people came running to the spot then returned disappointed, because what they expected did not happen , the trembling girl standing by the side of the car was saved and held by her shoulders a new life breathing was ushered in and the car sped away disappearing out of sight, the three of them now sat in a restaurant facing each other in a quiet atmosphere
-warisha came and with her her two friends , with their arrival in the house a commotion and chaos and noise was filled,, all the sleeping staff woke up and the kitchen was opened and work began again,, shower, clothes, , tea, food, coffee, , long process of hospitality begun,, naturally warisha"s two friends were as talkative as she was, they all spoke endlessly , when they laughed they were unstoppable
-at that moment faras stepped in looking serious and sober as ever, maira responded to his salam with a smile,, she was arranging the books kept on the table in the shelves in the cupboard,, he sat down next to dadi asking about her health , how softly and gently he spoke , she asked him how was he doing in that unknown unfamiliar new place where he had no friends and knew nobody and was absolutely alone and a stranger,
-dinner at night in the large hall with very lofty ceilings and illuminations was a rare occasion only when roma dadi staying in her room felt lonely and troubled with her past memories , it was then that she would ask bua to prepare dishes she liked , followed by seating herself on the peacock throne look alike chair to taste all her favourite dishes cooked by bua one by one reminding maira of queen victoria
-there was a time when all the pilgrims travelling stopped on their long journey and had to cook a meal for themselves, distributing the responsibilities of cutting vegetables, chopping wood, bringing logs from the forest and others, the rasool also began to contribute his efforts and his co travelers said he had no need to do any work because others can divide the chores among themselves, but the rasool did not believe in escapism from duties and had no attitude for he strongly believed in doing one"s work honestly
-+wajahat hasin"s second son fariq perhaps by mistake was born in their family who was completely different in nature and did not fit in the household nor did he like the ways of the leisure and treasure and was a black sheep,, he hated the daus and nights spent in partying,, he was frugal and had jus a pair or two of clothes and did not like wasting money on unnecessary things dividing a strong line between wants and needs, he married a poor gilr and brought her home
-sherya khatun aliace roma came to settle down in the house after her hsuband"d demise who loved thaat house which was his creation aand dream, so naturally she too loved it as she loved her husband , but now the times had changed and it was no longer the same life in that house without wajahat hasin, she released the army of staff working there except one or two
wajahat hasin and spent with his better half sherya khatun alias roma his life abroad for many years., so much he had been influenced by the western lifestyle that when he got his house built in his native homeland in hills the structure resembled the cottages he had lived in abroad, almost like a church building,, the rooms were arranged with foreign stuff and western set up, long french windows opened in the lawns surrounding the house , covering in frilly branches laiden with fragrant blossoms in season or heavily hanging with floral creepers
-she said how long was she delayed kept engaged in talking, her daughter in law and her new born grandson must be waiting for her impatiently, she saying this entered the room where maira sat holding her new fat infant in her arms , mothers hugged them both , junior momin had filled their lives with cheer and now it seemed a wholesome family , complete with junior'a presence
-the unhappy can not become any happier by making others unhappy
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-never make fun of others predicament which might reflect on you some day
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-every tear in others eyes because of you will be paid one day only by you
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- fear every sigh uttered by a helpless in prayer for it cuts across skies and reaches the ultimate
-one year flew past in a wink, month of holy ramzan once again arrived holding blessing within, maira proved for them very lucky, momin got a higher promotion and position on hos job,, mother also got a higher raise , more over a new addition to their family was soon expected , they all cared for her , after all she was bearing their race
-and finally the day arrived when her choice of bride entered her house to light it up and brighten their lives, how happy she was to get her son to seal the marriage with her consent and she was being complimenting for her decision, even momin was smiling constantly and why not for maira was looking so attractive
-mrs afaq enjoyed a short married life before she became a widow, , her husband afaq died in their third year of marriage from cancer, , buy the time they became aware it was too late , and he passed away within fifteen days of diagnosis ,, momin was just two then
-when he said pleading his mother to at least glimpse honey just once she gave him a sharp glance, he believed she would definitely like honey very much,she refused rejecting the idea of his getting married to that honey, no, never will she agree to it,
-he demanded an explanation , why did she disliked her so, there must be a reason
-she put on her glasses and opened her i pad, so when iys decided there is no reason to see honey, he was defeated and put off , how could a mother so advanced like her have such a narrow mind
-her father said in his soft wise tone -
it was not their mistake but the ir nature was so responsible , helpless like a scorpion crossing a river on the back of a tortoise unable to resist himself bites the creature helping him to reach the shore safely gets drowned mid stream for its own habit of back biting,
-, daughter must learn not to repeat bad behaviour of others or unknowingly feeds her mind with negative messages , nobody can judge who is bad and do ever good people in the world become bad just by branding them bad?
-today happened what must not have happened
-izhar slapped her face,, she cried embracing her mother tightly,, the red print of his slap on her right cheek told them all, , appa"s in laws were invited to lunch with them to celebrate israr getting a job,, though feeling low and not in good shape rashna managed the whole show running around pleasing them all, appa"s in laws were highly impressed by her performance
-he explained to his mother she will not understand in how many ways rashna attacked him and he was defeated,, she enjoyed poking dying ashes and rekindling fire , rashna was now tired reporting back constantly to her maternal family that all was well,, this time she visited her parental home she broke down pouring all she was holding back deep inside her
--the midnight moon had covered its half way only when tired izhaar stepped in, he headed towards his mother"s room, seeing him she cried her heart out,, she began narrating her stories of her day and how rashna was getting stubbornly disobedient and uncaring,, his jaws tightened and he got up only when his mother allowed him
-qehmina was arriving today,, phiphu was getting biryani cooked in large scale and generous proportions , because it was qehmina's favourite dish ordered with her announcement of coming,, israr younger to izhar who was most fond of good food said it was just because of his elder sister they also could once a while taste such delicious feasts,, when his mother scowled and glared at him he argued what was wrong in his statement
-faiza was absolutely right , phuphu had asked for this marriage alliance because izhar had forced her to,, to get a bride from high class family was their demand and dream,, which they were trying to find everywhere, but tizhar"s obedience had spoiled their dream , izhar was a blessing as a son and proved an ideal husband,, his life and soul resided in rashna and mother was unable to share her son "s love with his bride
-when mehnaz phuphu asked for spicy saucy rasha 's hand for izhar memud , nazia beghum turned speechless and confused for he was extremely dutiful and unemployed handsome young man,, there was apparently no other problem in this alliance , when there was a long silnece heard phuphu again asked what was she thinking, it was not a bad idea or so impossible proposal that she was not responding at all, that her izhar was by the grace of almighty one treasure found rarely
-he said he could see her, kaid"s statement surprised her, it was not possible because she was a bad spirit, he could not see her nor touch her,, kaif stepped forward and softly pressed her shoulder, and that was enough to prove himself right,, she turned and tried to flee from there ,, he stood there watching her puzzled because she did not try to escape from the door but through the wall and hitting herself fell down
-the night was merging slowlu into the dawn light,, the faint light in which the gate of falak bos also was not clearly visible, , he turned to see the white clad figure sat there with its head lowered, manfar was jolted by this sight the most, she could not have known in any way for past three and half years what was the past of madya , what ever he told her she blindly kept on trusting him,
-how are you sheher bano
-she who was walking past there lost in her own thoughts was startled to a halt,, scared she turned to see pasha follow her holding something in his hands, he stood now facing her, she had come to falakbos today with her friends and without her father"s permission,, there were two reasons for her to be there, first was the feast given to the basham people by sherazi"s father in celebration for his son
-second madya sherazi"s bride they already had seen
-short story of galakbos that lies heavy on basham"s heart-
-when pasha left falakbos, that was the time marriage planners reached the bride to take her signatures,, she was not there and had disappeared like a mirage , the room was vacant,, the love story of aikut, madya and sherazi remained incomplete to the world , only madya knew the love story was not left incomplete , he knew it that it is not mystery that swallow lives but people who swallow lives of others and become curses
-the table at breakfast was overloaded decoratively,, when both of them reached the dining room together,, warisha was arranging tea and other things on the table, when madra asked in a pleasant surprise if she managed to get up early that day warisha was startled and turned around , she could never have believed it that madra could also possibly be with faras , she asked her in return if she also got up early and had her morning walk, and where were others another question was fired, others will reach later to have their breakfast, madra dragged her chair as faras washed his hands before sitting down to eat
-dinner at night in the large hall with very lofty ceilings and illuminations was a rare occasion only when roma dadi staying in her room felt lonely and troubled with her past memories , it was then that she would ask bua to prepare dishes she liked , followed by seating herself on the peacock throne look alike chair to taste all her favourite dishes cooked by bua one by one reminding maira of queen victoria 
-today happened what must not have happened
-he explained to his mother she will not understand in how many ways rashna attacked him and he was defeated,, she enjoyed poking dying ashes and rekindling fire , rashna was now tired reporting back constantly to her maternal family that all was well,, this time she visited her parental home she broke down pouring all she was holding back deep inside her
