chingari...

.....the maid halima  entering  the room  stopped the trolly carrying the  tea near the Seth shaukat,s bed standing with her head lowered respectfully,   it was her routine,  halima, s wait grew longer than usual,   it was ten  o clock daytime,   the seth neither  opened his  eyes  nor  did  he gestured  with his finger to make  him his tea,  startled sge looked at him  from  head to toe,  ,

It was summer time,   so the Seth was using  very fine cotton  sheet to cover his upper torso,  but he was not moving at all, halima  stood  stunned,  the Seth, s   lifeless eyes were staring  up at the ceiling,  he was not breathing,  she called out to him to wake up , she shook him two three times  but  his soul had departed the morta body