meri eid mubarak kr de

....wait a minute fauz , his steps moving towards the stairs were stopped by the voice  command of his bhabhi, as his daily routine  he was ready to leave for work  in his estate agency  when he was asked to stop , fauz please hand this rent to hurin  , she must be on her way to work too, , shagufta bhabhi  held out the envelop with the ammount inside , he looked  up at her in surprise

You still had not deposited your rent , though we had my brother and me  given ours to you on time

Its so dufficult fauz  , i am always kept busy , as you know just ten days ago  sweet eid was celebrated ,  women  from the committee   did not send their money , i was forced to use the money you had deposited to pay khala who lives opposite  to complete the committee , after that gradual inflow of money  enabled me to save slowly to rebuild the rent money

succhai ki manzil

...evergreen park  at that time was full of  women  and the old  and children , the life in the park was vibrant and colourful , , angelic children sat tight on the swings scowling ling or laughing merrily  their noises as melodious and musical  filling up the surroundings ,  enjoying every moment universe geld out to them, , these were the times precious and full of beauty , how absolutely ultimately  real the scene was , he felt an outsider a stranger intruding the  scene  in the ground from where he sat on a bench he had given a  disinterested look 

No, all thus us not absolute, if all the colours in the universe are complete  then why is his own life so empty and dark, he whispered to himself, once again he was overpowered by his depressing thoughts

There is nothing that is apparent and visibly clear, if only , if only life could be as good as our dreams and desires

gazal by kaniz zohar sayad

..night before the dawn of separation is yet to come

Chill air starless night without the moon is yet to come

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My heart my soul all are sold out

But talent of showering life on others yet is there

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Hopelessly in vain i try to forget him

Something of his essence of togetherness is yet in me

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Whole world was seen  with deepest interest

A corner  in my heart is yet to be seen

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.seeing him on the top of the world kaniz 

Presence of someone s prayers is truly felt

mana umr wahi

...he had just drove past in his vehicle this way, sun was shining bright on the black gate ,  the tyres  had risen a cloud of dust  visible still , when he was leaving  her heart  desparately wanted to stop him , but she could not  she would not , after all what right did she have to stop him , unaware a commotion  was already made  her emotions were stirred, he  had  crushed all her dreams settled on her eyes  like a victorious ruthless invader, she like always unsuccessfully tried to pat her stormy feelings  back to slumber  in the depths of her heart only she knew exactly where

But the winds teased her they were playing mischief  uncaring of her feelings ready to play with her naughtily loosening her tresses  caressing her face  and she discovered his  invisible presence  in the winds touching her

fun e zaiqa

...chutpati dhuandahi raan

Mutton pullao biryani

Mughlai chops

Kaleji masala with mayonese

Bhuna hua gosht

Shehnshahi koftey

Bakrey ke paye

Muthiya kebab

Mutton seekh kebab

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Chutpati dhua dahi raan is simple recipe of  mutton leg marinated in spices for a couple of hours before baking it in oven on 200 degrees for forty five minutes on one side then turn it on the other side to bake till tender , finally a piece of coal  is smoked to add the smoky flavour 

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...van quodr

Run tiwards that thundering roar 

This was instructed by the old wuse to their youngers

That whenever you are threatebed , you are confused , uncertain what to do next,

Run to take shelter, to save yourself

Charge  insread towards the threat the danger itself  , confront the danger  you are scared of , that is the only way to reality to really protect yourself

That s the correct escape route

When the whole world shakes  in chaos trying to dusappear itself into oblivion , tgen run tiwards the riaring danger --mikal

I am nit divorcing zayad , this was the first thing she had spoken , she stood  with her faceturned towar the windiw , mahi could see from her place her loose hair bun  and her back, she remained speechless without reacting to her statement , finally to ask her did she hear it right what she said, sge came to stand befire her in sheer disbelief

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...during the old  times an american soldier was returning , he caught a train in france , because it was over crowded he could not find himself a place to sit down, he asjed and old french lady to accommodate him  and  hold ger pet dog in her lap, she humiliated him for being an. american , without arguing he took another round through the crowded  train and he again requested the frenvh woman to move her dog from the seat next to her  so that he could sit down, he was already exhausted from the war , the woman again humiliated him for being an american, the soldier simply lifted the pet and threw him out of the windiw of the moving train, one english man was watching this whole episode with deep interest and commented to the soldier that the americans alwats did the right thing the wrong way, drive on the right side, held the fork the wrong way and now instead of throwing the woman out he threw the poor pet out