Next morning hyder ali reported khalida and Rashida spent an hour at the local shrine but the girl was not with them nor anywhere around, so the girl was definitely not in the village but he had a friend sayad the barber who saw parveen standing at the ĢT road around mid day, officer asked him to explain, his friend was passing from the road on his bicycle when a casual glance on the girl standing on the road side made him think it was parveen but he couldn't swear on it one hundred percent, adding hyder ali said he had asked his barber friend to keep his eyes and ears open for more information and let him know of it as soon as possible, the officer, s praising eyes looked at hyder ali admiringly
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
from previous....
.....the investigating officer asked mushtaq and khalida to tell him whole truth or he would not be able to find their daughter, he observed them stealing glances before answering they were not hiding anything from him, the officer asked if parveen was having an affair, both parents cried out denying the fact, so it was now clear and settled that parveen was missing, he sent the terrorized agonized parents home to take some rest , he promised to find the girl quickly, he had noted down the points, later he called hyder ali constable who also lived in the same village chamanabad as mushtaq to find out more details during the evening and report early morning on duty
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
from previous....
.......the investigating officer asked mushtaq the father of the missing girl to tell where could his daughter be, mushtaq explained if he knew he would have looked for her there himself and why bother to come at all to the police station to file report,
Mushtaq was in a state of shock, he loved his daughter parveen, wife grumbled he never scolded her and always took parveen s side, supporting her and going against khalida, parveen had become strongly stubborn and did not want to listen to them giving her instructions
Father had this tendency of praising his girl , she knew all about religion, all about everything, she was just eighteen, officer realized if khalida stayed there she would not let her husband speak, the two neighbors saraj and sidiq had politely accompanied the couple, so the officer asked the three of them to wait outside until they were called
He then turning his full attention to mushtaq asked what did he mean by saying his girl knew exactly everything
Mushtaq explained last night like every day as was their routine they sat talking after dinner , suddenly she became upset and said they both were talking tonight and next time one of them will be missing
Monday, September 28, 2020
page 66....
......the station officer asked if their daughter parveen was missing since early morning why didn't they come earlier, it was dusk when they reached him , he was about to leave his office, Khalida the mother began crying, her girl was so youthful and innocent , they were trying to locate her inside their village but she was not found so they decided to report her disappearance, mushtaq explained parveen was just eighteen , they were just three of them in the family, parveen was extremely religious, it was only mid day when they realized she was not there, khalida went visiting shah ji ,s shrine with Rashida on returning from the shrine she found her girl was missing, she asked mushtaq and he too showed his ignorance , the officer looking directly into the missing girl's father's eyes asked what kind of work he did, when wife was gone to the shrine where was he, mushtaq was in his shop which is right in front of their house
Sunday, September 27, 2020
fun e zalikha....
.....lockdown recipes became very popular during this shutdown of entire world, war like situation for weeks months and now it seems ages, everyone including men women and children at their personal level looked for a release from their situation by searching youtube do it yourself ideas, majority of them liked to go in for trial cooking, it kept them busy and satisfied
Fun e zalikha is a skill development page for cooks and good eating at home
I got this may 2020 issue not in march --april but in September when lockdown began to lift
All the following dishes are must try ....
1 chutney stuffed kebabs
2 chiicken stew
3 bahari kheema
4 baked gola kebabs
5 besan dahi bada
6 chicken samosa
7 palak pakoda
8 grilled burger
9 chana kabuli
10 sweet n sour drumsticks
11 lemonade
13 orange sherbet
13 strawberry apple slush
14 khajoor shake
Saturday, September 26, 2020
page 31....
....fahim as was his habit of grumbling repeated he gad so many times tried to convince khala to arrange the function at home instead of marriage hall, right outside the house near the door were being fixed tents with a special welcome gate for the arriving guests,, all arrangements were completed and perfect, tables chairs dr8nk8ng water and water for washing hands with soap and clean towels all were in their place,
Zaya looking around at all the surroundings asked fahim to get ready, fah8m left for his home to freshen up and change as zaya stayed back to see what else was left to be done, he was supervising and his presence was most necessary or workers get confused, he sat down on a near by chair and relaxed his head against the back of the chair, he was so tired, suddenly he heard tge voice he had been missing for so long, manna was standing behind the wall asking for fahim, she must have come looking for her brother, in a second zaya was standing opposite her, all his tiredness vanished in a second, he saw how sweet adorable manna was, her aura and presence filled him with a positive energy, ever since her van drriver was back zaya missed seeing her, missed picking her up and dropping her ather college , he many a times got ready to leave his office to reach her college just to remember she was niw on her own, but he missed seeing her ,
Friday, September 25, 2020
belagham....
.....usually when progeny grows up indiciplined and spoiled the mother is blamed for her wrong style of raising them , for always taking their side and pampering them into spoilt brats
Whether uncontrolled horses or unleashed humans both are dangerous to others, they lose focus and use force to reach nowhere,
It was one winter february dry evening when the officer in charge decided it was time to pack up that three men and a woman arrived , the officer invited them to sit inside the cabin, mushtaq was one of them a fifty year old man, the woman was khalida his wife , she was ordinary looking forty five years, the other two accompanying them were their next door neighbors
The station officer asked what was the matter and why they had come
Mushtaq in his gruff voice expressed himself they were not there without reason, who wanted to to visit police stations for casual fun
Thursday, September 24, 2020
from previous....,
.....she explained everyone knew her husband was a busy doctor and had no time to take her out shopping, he always was found in his clinic, the manager heard the catch in her voice and therefore changed the topic saying she was Mrs humdan8 and every time she visited their showroom she selected the best and choicest of jewelry pieces,, offering his full attentive service he speculated she must have come to buy the necklace she had selected yesterday, , she smiled at tge manager who was asking and answering his own queries, she had come to buy it she said, she praised his sensibility, a salesman appeared holding a cold drink from the manager after some mild refusals she accepted the soft drink, before her now was presented the rare necklace she had selected tge previous day and it was the only piece in the whole show room , tge manager after a few minutes of more discussion asked her if she had finalized the diamond necklace he will make tbe bill she could pay, her dry smile was expressive, she didn't carry such a big amount on her, if the shop would send the diamond necklace with a salesman she would show it to her husband in the clinic and also pay safely, soon a man was assigned to assist her
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
funkar.....
.....a woman dressed to kill in dazzlers entered a jewelry shop, a salesnan approached and asked her how could he help her, he gestured towards a seat for her to take,, she walked in style to occupy a chair,
She asked the manager be called she was a regular customer, tge manager knew her very well, she would speak only with the manager, , the sales man nodding turned to step into a cabin,
This was one of the top most jewelry stores in town, there were several best pieces available, a commoner could never even think about being in the store, a grand looking nan dressed up in fine clothing appeared from the cabin with a professional smile, exclaiming she had again come all alone, his and his staff, s desire to meet Mr hamdani was left unfulfilled
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
page 32....
.....latif explained to taimur he was now in sarkhab dada,s haveli, Dada if once decided to help someone he would then go to any lengths, so patting him he left instructing him to tell all that happened in detail to dada on his arrival,
taimur was feeling very low, remembering how for the child hamad he had sacrificed his soul mate amir and his family , left them to face the enemy and saved himself as he managed to escape with little Hamid
The heavy curtain on tbe door was moved aside and then stepped in a man dressed as a woman, his face was powdered and lips painted red like a woman's, this fake woman lowered his eye lashes but his stance and manner was aggressive, taimur found himself thinking of this new weird situation when the heavy curtains were lifted second time and another fake woman entered who picked up a chair from one corner to place it near taimur and to stand leaning against the wall looking at his own painted nails
A minute later the door opened and one more strong man dressed like a woman entered, this was dada, he took his seat on the chair kept by taimur, this man's voice was harsh and masculine but his mannerisms were so effeminate, rolling the paan in his mouth he swore to the woman with painted nails to get him a sink to spit in, looking around for some thing to spit in
Monday, September 21, 2020
page 30....
.....tide of time took a pleasant turn, these days good news was received every day,, news of fauzya getting engaged, a ripple of joy ran through the family,, simple plain curiosity rolled round asking when was the wedding day, manna was happily relishing tge tranquility and contentment settled into her parents , a deep sense of security oozing from their decisions made her very confident,
Just next month's first Friday was fixed and final for the wedding, because the groom,s mother was not alive and his father wanted both his children were married on the same occasion, a marriageable daughter and son both explained khala
Manna could not stop her curiosity and asked if they would find a vacant marriage hall, then observing all eyes turned to stare at ger she became extremely shy
Khala took over the control of the conversation , there were not many berates and therefore no need to arrange any marriage hall, one plain regular tent outside the house was enough to accommodate guests
Sunday, September 20, 2020
page 29...
....manna suddenly shrieked joyfully, unexpectedly it had begun raining, she stretched out her hand to feel the raindrops falling on her palm,, in the beginning it was mild pitter patter then lightning and roaring thunder changed the mood of the weather , flashes of terrifying storm made manna run to take shelter, she hud herself against her mother, her father always found it rather annoying, she was a grown up and must learn to behave, fahim adored his sister and liked her in all ger strength and weaknesses, but zaya hated the sudden storm, if only it was not so terrible, not so frightening, manna would be chirping around him and he would have liked it so much
Saturday, September 19, 2020
page 28...
......manna was eating her ice cream and her tongue was also working overtime, she asked she was already forgotten and what more will happen when the bride comes home, ammi and Fahim came to sit with her noticing aunt had gone back home, manna was happy to know of her brother's job and the reason of his sudden disappearance, she felt bad she was the last to know of what was happening, Fahim laughed at manna that she will make a typical sister in law, but she was right because without sharing and without a word Fahim had visited aunt phuphu,s house, he even forgot to distribute sweets to celebrate, but he quickly covered up his mistake by declaring it was a night of feasting and they all were invited, ammi cheerfully joined him seconding the feast as a family get together they had skipped for a long time she asked what would they want to have for dinner, in one voice all said she will not cook , it was fahim,s party and so only he will arrange it
Friday, September 18, 2020
page 31....
.....taimur leaned against several pillows on the ciarse cotton cot , it was a massive old fashioned cot, he was covered with a simple sheet and leaving his wounds on the lower legs exposed, his legs were bandaged, tge bullet was extracted out of his body, he had list lots of blood and his condition was quite serious, but he was alive still, life was flickering and kept him going, the room was very spacious the walls were plastered with mud, the yellow lime colour was painted on them, besides his cot a few chairs and tables were arranged, the doors and windows were covered with heavy curtains, nit a sound could be heard from outside, latif sahib lifting tge doir curtain to a side entered the room asking him how he was feeling, taimur quickly asked him where was hamad, Latifah explained hamad was safe and so was taimur
Thursday, September 17, 2020
from previous....
.....in Germany the educationist is the highest paid job, once a protest was raised against the policy by professionals including doctors engineers and others who were demanding equal pay for them, the mayor was called to make a special appearance and give a speech, he explained there was no scope of equal rights of salaries because today they all enjoyed a high social position and status just because of their dedicated teachers
page 75....
.....there are two most difficult things in this world to do
The first is to get your ideas across into someone else's mind
Second is to get other people's money out from their pockets and transfer them into one’s own
...those who succeed in the first are called teachers
Those who succeed in the second are known as businesses man
Those who manage to get both done successfully are called housewives
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
page 29....
.....someone shouted to Rashid and Salim to stop asking them to see who just now ran past them, the silence in the street was shattered by the running echoing feet, the same race began again of chasing and escaping, the first round of which had ended in samanabad, hamad again broke into wild sobs, and taimur holding the crying child into a bundle in his arms was on the run, the air exploded with the first shot being fired, it was just then that taimur turned the corner, but the bullet brushed past him hissing, he was the target and tge enemy was weaving patterns around him, they gad in samanabad also fired several times on him, apparently they were desperate to kill him to get hold of neena, s child, they already had killed meena and hajra
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
page 27....
......ammi, s idea was correct, she took her time, Annie didn't let her go without having lunch, for tge sake of her daughter phuphu aunty was also acting a perfect hostess, after so much insistence it was not n8ce to get up and leave, ,manna became extremely annoyed on seeing the closed door, , she asked her aunty for tge keys to tge locked door but aunty sweetly rebuked her sending her away to wash her hands and freshen up before sitting down to eat, she was to recite in the empty house, her nanner brought a smile on nanna,s face, when she returned freshened up aunty was frying parathas on the pan, looking at her she explained she gad cooked ladyfingers on zaya,s demand and now sge remembered nanna didn't eat ladyfingers, so she made kebab fry and paratha for her
Monday, September 14, 2020
page 25...
.....fauzya obediently waited for her mother to find a suitable match for her though her plans were to get a job after her bsc, mother was stubbornly insisting her on getting married and there was no scope for her refusal, she lowered her head in consent now all she did was waiting for a good proposal, mother was aware of her daughters s well as her own financial condition, therefore the first daughter was married off to not a good looking man but a decent man, it was a simple function and she was married off,today she is happily settled, mother planned similar thing for her second daughter, no dowry , no demands, simple family, but their helplessness and father's condition repelled many suitors and they expected a strong well off match who would accept their daughter unconditionally and give her dignity and security
Saturday, September 12, 2020
page 27....
.....another knock was heard on the door, who could that be this time of night, Hajraa whispered frightened, amma was gone away to tge village, taimur asked if there was an escape route, if he reached the op of tge house he could make it by jumping off the roofs , holding the child in his arms tightly he climbed up the stairs from tge courtyard leading to the roof , someone shouted from outside that taimur was inside, they must have seen through the chink , loud banging was heard on tge door as it was pushed, shots were fired in the air , he turned to look Habra, s dead body falling down from tbe higher stairs on the ground, clutching the child he ran for life, hanad was half awake bundle in his arms moaning, all tge roofs were joined but it was not at all easy to run as fast as he wanted to on the old buildings
Friday, September 11, 2020
from previous....
.....Hamad, innocent little soul unaware of life dangers was gathered in taimur,, s arms, on the little face there was a strong resemblance of meena giving him an impression of neena was back in his arms in this new form, all was clear about meena and the same dangers now lurked around them, tge enemy group was back, they must have found out about taimur but it was certain their location was not revealed to them
page 25.....
......the khwaja watched the little boy crying in tge faded golden light casted from tge yellow bulb, some half hour later the crying of the boy lessened, perhaps he got tired and breathless, he began hiccuping, he slowly lay down on the same spot where he was sitting, both chaniya and chambeli sat silent not touching him for he shook off their touch, finally he was asleep and Tanana asked what species was this so unpredictable she was scared of his every move
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
gazal
.....don't let my dear know of my sorrowful chosen life
......let me check carefully its all safe on the way
.....I am willing companion if you take care of me
.....but there is a condition let not my foes of it know
....its a matter of different issues besides life as well
....they who ignore and forget what can one do
....you are merely ignorant unknown to the dangers of world
....if you obey almighty, nothing can harm you
.....the only wish is my only desire
....grow a garden of love without thorns of hate
Monday, September 7, 2020
from previous....
.......sultan alam was a married man, his wife was the daughter of an x minister, she was merely a social ladder for him to reach the top in politics, sge was a bold woman whose father was a minister and husband politically active and aspiring, therefore a man like sultan alam himself stayed low in profile, though childless he couldn't remarry, scared of his terrible wife and powerful father in law sultan discovered a new way to satiate his extramarital affairs by getting contract marriages to poor young girls whose families were handsomely paid , after tge contracts were over silence money was given and documents destroyed, there remained no proof of his contracts and girls never bore his children
Sunday, September 6, 2020
from previous...
....her aunt and uncle were not at all interested and bothered about meena , she was merely another maid in the house who had a low profile and no status,, she was amidst her four sisters like a beauteous glowing full moon is amidst a dark starry night sky outshining them all with its magical presence, it was very clear to her in her sixteenth year she won't get to get more education after her tenth, she would be definitely be married off , when her sisters looked at her beauty inherited from her mother she was more badly treated, it was a miracle that the town, s wealthiest man sent his marriage proposal for meena , suddenly she found her aunt and uncle became extremely sweet to her
Saturday, September 5, 2020
page 19....
.....taimur answered the phone a female voice spoke in a hurried nervous tone to listen to her because she had some thing very important to tell him, she was finding it impossible to contact him, first thing was he was under surveillance and second she had something that belonged to meena to give him, she dictated the address and time to eet her but he must be extremely careful and ensure it that he was not being followed, the phone was shut off
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
from previous....
.....taimur was unconscious for very long time, slowly he was coming back to his normal , he tried to open his eyes painfully, he saw things were upside down, then he realized he was hanging upside down, the blood gad rushed to his head and he began moaning, a huge black man ruthlessly began beating him like a dusty carpet roll is with a thick strong stick, hitting him till taimur felt sick and vomited, the man was asking him to tell him tge whereabouts of someone, who was someone taimur didn't know, the man again asked him to tell where was meena, s son hiding, the surprise on taimur, s face confused the man, taimur did not know meena, s past life, that she had a son ,
page 16....
.....the house was surrounded with noisy talking crowds, the police was present inside the house, and meena was in her bedroom inside the house, dead and in a pool of blood, someone was telling ali the milk man in the morning as his daily routine pressed the door bell, but the silence that followed was not normal, he patted the door and it was open, he took a peek inside to see the guard was tied up with ropes injured and unconscious in his chair in a corner, the milkman called tge neighbor's watchman who informed the police
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