Tuesday, May 19, 2026

mazlum

..dear tanya someone has come, open the door, tanya was sunk deep in her pile of books her head lowered when she heard her ammi s voice 
Ammi please you open the door yourself i am studying  
Dear  daughter the stew will burn  otherwise i never disturb you while you study, meanwhile another knock on the door was heard, this time it was louder and stronger, as if the arrival  had totally lost his patience
Tanya wrapped her chaader around herself completely before dragging her feet into her slippers towards the door
She was a student  of b a  , her exams were close , college had freed them to prepare from home , she was seriously  studying day and night at home, she was good in all subjects except english which was  testing her comprehension
Education   from government  schools had left her weak in english,  besides  graduation level englush was quite   high in srandard  , it could kill anyone , she needed professional help a private tution at home preferably but family s financial condition did not allow it

Monday, May 18, 2026

zaroorat

..the scottish people are notorious for  being misers
 During a church service the donation pkate was circulated, the scot  placed one pound   , the priest was surprised and exclaimed one soul was saved from going to hell
The scot put one more pound on the  plate and asked if now two souls were saved from going to hell
The father confirmed   it was exactly so
The scot  explained there was no  need of the pounds on the plate any more and  picked up the pounds and  slipoed them into his own pocket

Sunday, May 17, 2026

ishq natamaam

...he was the chieftain of his tribe , shamsher khan  was still energetic at seventy plus , he had been the head of his tribe since his father  died thirty years ago and the burden shifted onto his shoulders, 
It was his bad luck   at seventy one  life  suddenly presented him a turning point, he went out hunting accompnied with his security and surrounded with his staff , he spotted a  deer and  shot him  down but the wounded deer attempted to escape by   jumping   out of sight, the tribal chieftain  predatorially  chased the  escaping prey and slipoed from the slope crashing down  thirty feet below , he was alive but his back was badly broken, he since   was bedridden

Saturday, May 16, 2026

pardes

 she banged her both hands on the dholak with excited energy and rani s dholak started officially for the function, her lovely melidious  voice filled the whole  area full of women , it was a massive open yard  that  comfortably accommodated entire village , all the chairs were arranged  in the back  outlining the  gathering  , the rooms were emptied, qamar was  snooping around with his group of boys  trying to have fun , bamboo cots and bamboo handmade stools were arranged towards the womens section , all the aged and elderly  occupied them , all the teenage girls and other younger women settled down around the dholaki beat to enjoy the show , it was the first opening scene  of the dholak beat kept  fifteen days ahead of the  wedding  it was a tradion  followed for genrations

Folk gidda  also started from this  dholak opening beat, older women folk  started the dancing  ,  then gidda started  and one by one younger girls joined the elderly  women  on invites , dragging laughing teasing  others to join in speaking singing  tumbling over each other falling  over each other  enigmatically brightening the wedding house , girls are birds , chirpy and sweet adding so much  meaningfulness to life itself , girls are birds  who decorate homes and surroundings  before flying away, bari barsi begins with the first dholak beat   double meaning funny  songs are sung and every profession  is presented in a twisted distortion of memes 

Friday, May 15, 2026

page 57

...amma ji,  please take your nedicine, salma heloed her mother in law to sit up and swallow her medicines, amma ji was unable to get up for four days , on shammo s  engagement day amma ji had overeaten and got indigestion now it was troubling her, it was impossible for her to swallow anything , her burning ulcer was  making her miserable , all the heavily oily fried  greasy foods had activated her inner  illnesses , amma ji could not even take a step without someone s support, it was  her old age related weakness and  deteriorating health  problems issue  but even nimmo and shammo were  no better
It was an occassion of happiness , both had completely ignored bhabhi and with all their hands  stuffed themselves with the  delicious feast, both had reached their ends , unable to breathe , , they  were diagnosed cholera, anwar had taken them to the dispensary and that is completely a different story
Thankfully the lady doctor was still present at night at ten , who immediately   took action and emergency treatment started on them with  putting them on drip, amma ji was given medicines with follow ups and several more prescriptions, when nimmo and shammo  s condition slightly improved  amma ji   gave them a generous verbal thrashing

Thursday, May 14, 2026

page 180

...it was a courtroom scene , aniq ahmed stood  in the witness box , he was accused  of killing his elder brother, aniq was a necganucal engineer  just returned from quwait
 His lawyer mirza beg  opened his argument  in favour  and defence of hus client anuq that he was not a criminal, that anuq was a decent law abiding  citizen   who lead a peaceful life , it was a conspiracy against him , his eldef brither was murdered and anuq was   falsely accused  
The  prosecutor   looking at the judge  sarcastically  cut in that his friend and colleague had used  terms   decent citizen and false charges , he must explain  from  which country  has his client come and  is he a national of this country, what is the basis of  this case being false  and a conspiracy
The defendant  priceeded to explain  his client   was  deliberately brought here  , there is no witness , murder is not an easy casual  thing to do specially of your loved ones ,  there is no motive  ,  and he will prove it in the future proceedings

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

tarqeeb

... the mood in the courts of california was extremely hostile, the lawyer was absolutely certain his client will lose the case, he duscussed the matter with hus senior  in the firm   if it would be  a good idea to gift a most expenssive cigar box to the judge who liked cigars , the senior lawyer structly prohibited him to  do it because  the judge had a reputation if being very honest and wuse, the bribe could even  harm their own  case 
On the next hearing the lawyer  won the case , the senior lawyer  reminded him  the cigar box would have  gone against them
The lawyer laughed heartily, he actually had sent the cigar box to the judge but from the   rival lawyer