Rustam by Najib Ahmed highlights the virtue of reputation, The narrator is happily married to Zubeida for ten years, They had met at a bus stop where she was waiting for her bus to reach her institute, she is offered a lift , which she gratefully accepts, they become a habit to eaxch other and their secret meetings become a routine. One day Ustad"s man sees them coming out of a hotel, fearful of consequences they return to their colony. Cme evening Ustad appears alone and bolts the dor from in side , at this point the sityation is beautifully equated to the fable of Rustam