Monday, September 30, 2024

page 85

....after seeing the horror movie Brad s   lost strength was recovered,  ten twenty four  and sunami was fifty eight minutes away 
How do you know Sunami  was coming and that too of that  unthinkable size,  Brad pointed hus finger at tanaka as if accusing him of it 
I didn't know of that  , Kai s voice also rise , he was trying to stay calm  but the speed was rapidly increasing,  he had  learned it when he wa at s Crawford  for meter research,  when he witnessed Trans pack jet falling it couldn't be a mere by chance   because  earthquake or sunami  can't make   aircrafts fall down,  therefore  far was  informed about it and   asked to explain the situation  , to find out from where the aircraft  lost contact  , and if there was any other aircraft  at that time 
But it is a holiday today  Brad said 
There must be some emergency number  hscd , ask Brian,  tell him you are my brother   explaining Kai stepped into the next room 
Reggie you get all the details  from nasa and cellite  data and pictures,  meantime I I will check the science of sunami Hazzard  related  pages  with Crawford and meter formula 

Sunday, September 29, 2024

page 21

....the morning was  today also  like any other day,  same chirping of noisy birds,  sunshine warm and bright,   sitting in the courtyard  girl students of appa learning their lessons,  but along with all these  sounds  one more was echoing   that he came out 
Come on kids, today  s lessons are over, now all of you  are free , run back to your homes,  quickly  out of my sight,  what more could children  want,  happily they began packing up, she was starting at him  stunned,  next moment  he came to sit by shamsa  s side,  her heart sank 
You know so well how I live there,  studying all day long  after that  suffocating hostel  doesn't let me have a peaceful night  s sleep,  I wish to go back home and sleep heartily,  but here at home same thing  unfortunately,  I can't tell others but at least you should have understood  that  someone is trying to sleep  and there ought not to be noises around 

Saturday, September 28, 2024

page 30

...amidst this  confusion   two  of them  dropped their masks,  she was shocked to see one of them,  because he was  her dearest friend saira s brother  who lived in her neighborhood 
Girlie, can you identify anyone  , the owner of the  cattle asked her , she quickly gave away the name  without any hesitation,  uncle  she added  one of them was a resident of her village  sajad bhai
Saira gave  her a hard push , had she gone mad hiw could  saira s brother sajad be a robber they were well off , they wouldn't do such a thing  it must be people like herself and her family  who are ready to rob others,  saura became very aggressive 
Never, sge said ber brother and family  weren't robbers  it was Sajjad bhai  saira s brother,  she   stressed it , Sajjad  denied  the accusation and said sge was lying,  both their families  became  deadly enemies  , it was then  abba  stopped her schooling,, fir him hus reputation and  daughter's  dignity was more important,  he couldn't rely  anyone 
A few days it remained  hit event tgen it cooled off , people forget quickly,  both families  once again started  seeing each other 

Friday, September 27, 2024

page 71

...Hawaii  grand hotel was modern  attraction   a luxury  hotel,  it faced the Waikiki beach,  the hotel  had one thousand sixty five rooms.  sky Bridge was located on the  sixth floor,  it isn't like any other  bridge,  sky Bridge   joined two towers on the twenty eighth floors 
Rachel was  going  across towards the mona tower  from the sky Bridge,  she was heading towards the main hall room,  on her way sge was checking the army list of casualties,  they were given brunch , the governor of Hawaii  was to present his speech before the group,  followed by  a conducted tour to the state  memorial  a  cemetery of  martyrs  this was a historic event  in the  life of the newly built modern hotel 
Rachel was  completely focused  , she couldn't let her state   down  , she was a skilled manager  , her job was comfortable,    she was paid well  to perform her responsibilities,  her mind wandered towards  Teresa,  lost in her own thoughts she almost ran into  Bob,  Bob was  the chairman of the conference,  on his forehead  appeared  frowns, gathering herself sge asked him  if she could help him in any way,  she had slowed down ber walking speed 
Mrs tanaka  he spoke  bringing his motored wheelchair  near her  there was a problem in the hall room  that needed urgent attention 

Thursday, September 26, 2024

from previous


....8.51 am

He was against  it  sending his thirteen year old daughter Lanny  scuba diving Lanny and her best friends were   giggling as they turned tge pages of the magazines  at the table 
We are leaving today morning said Lanny  mian nodded  and looked at Lanny s father  tanaka,  he shrugged doubtfully  watching television  placed on the counter,  ,  Honolulu  breaking news was showing  but the volume was very low and the girls were really noisy,  he couldn't catch  the news 
Hello dad  can I go
I don't know  finally he spoke up they were too small for diving 
I am turning fourteen next month 
Lanny was quite right  , she looked sixteen already,  five feet eight inches tall , two inches taller than her mother,  her figure was also was of a young woman,  her appearance  her hair   a hybrid of Japanese Italian  

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

aabi qayamat

...8.41 a m 
captain Michael  Rob opened his eyes  and found himself lying on the  cockpit floor , he felt trapped  amidst the unseen waves , it felt hit like being inside   a burning oven,   he was  on the plane,  sirens were  screaming   danger    had descended,   blood  streamed down the forehead  blinding his eyes,  he blinked his eyes,   he began thinking  , his mind was foggy  he couldn't  recall what had happened  , then   his memory  recovered 
Michael  Rob returned  after the third round  on the flight  , it was  a flight  from Los Angeles to Sydney  , half way   through   Wendy Jacob  twenty years younger to pilot Michael Rob   smiled at him,  Michael was about to take  his seat  when suddenly  an accident occurred,  a burst of flash  was seen on the starboard,  they were flying above the storm,  his first  thought was it was a lightning shot,  but the aircraft  suddenly took a right turn  as if an invisible  strength had taken control of the flight,  the plane  was   trembling  frightfully,  Michael fell  forward,  he hut his head and shoulders  on the direct hit, he lost  consciousness  for a few seconds 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

page 60

...next morning amjad had to  unexpectedly leave for  jahanabad,  there  a television  commercial  was posing a problem,  he thought he would return within three days  but it took him three  weeks,  he informed  rafuq Rustam was working on his  plans,  disguised he kept  moving around the studio  and  his house  in another location  to find out what was the nature of relationship between  azim and rina
For instance  how many times A day both rina and azim  met each other,  to where they went,  once  he approached  disguised as an old man  , azim was just then leaving for the studio,  Rustam  greeted him with a salam  explaining he was there  to find a job , azim pushed a fifty rupees  note into his hands saying he was too old  for any kind of work  instead he must  join   a group for the elderly,  Rustam secretly  celebrated his success  
Thus following  azim  Rustam in disguise reached  the magnificent  apartment of rina,  she  welcomed  him  with a smile,  she proved she was  extra smart,  her  cleverness  set Rustam  s mind on fire of  revenge  , it was then he decided to teach  azim a lesson  of his life 

Monday, September 23, 2024

maharat

..lucky star hotel  proved unlucky for amjad , reason was quite simple   , the  gangster type man he saw   storming  into the hotel    the sight  of it made his mind tickle 
He straight away  entered    , the waiter tried to stop him  but the rascal man  pushed him back hitting him badly on his shoulder,  the poor guy landed on a  fully laid table,  chaos  and confusion  created a noise , , people  turned to look in that direction,  the bad guy  was unstoppable and rushed to where he had seen amjad sitting at a  table 
He shot towards him like an arrow,  amjad tried  unsuccessfully to leave  his chair before he could   close up , the bad guy  pressed his shoulder hard and  tge heavy pressure of his strong arm  wouldn't let amjad   stand up 
Amjad had  sort of suspected  something like this  was going to happen  the moment  the  bad guy had  stormed   inside  but  he was Rustam rafiq  his  friend 

Sunday, September 22, 2024

page 29

....all right,  you  perform your namaz and also pray for me that almighty  fulfils  all my dreams  , she mumbled  seeing her go
Unwanted creature,  how she detested  sajad s presence,  how could she ever forget  just because of him  abba  made her  drop out from school,  when one day   the bus  failed to  start and they had to walk back all the way , her friends chose the lesser  used  way back , simply because  there  were berries growing along the way,  all 9f them cheerfully  merrily  laughing walking through  the thickets,  in one  of the thorny branches  her veil git stuck,  she asked others to wait for her , nobody heard her  because they were all engrossed in their mischievous  activities  , she sat down on the ground to get herself free from the thorns , suddenly she saw three masked med  emerge from behind the  thickets  , perhaps they had hid when these girls were  walking past  and now thinking they had all left they focused their attention on the  goats   grazing  around,  just imagine her condition  she was nervous  breathless and speechless,  scared  to death  , not wanting to be seen by them she quietly  lay down low on the ground  
Bakr eid was  approaching,   robbers become  hyper active  then , they had  caught one goat and  tightened the rope round it, hearing the incessant  bleating  of the  trapped goat and a bicycle   bell nearing her courage restored,  she  started screaming  thief thief 

Saturday, September 21, 2024

page 25

...hiding behind the newspaper  dahaj  was carefully listening to  the heated argument between   fakhra and qadir shopkeeper,  he had overheard a guest had arrived  at their place  and now the way she was  shopping  it  suggested the guest was  certainly important,     it seemed  she could  buy the whole  shop , but when it was time to pay  she would start an argument,  it was becoming more and more  wearisome 
He also shouted at her that  all the things in his shop were not growing in his garden  for free , he gets everything from the city,  on payment,  , nothing is sold for free, everything has a price  and he had to tell his customers the price of course 
Right she argued  but he must tell her the real price,  why was he adding his own  price to the products 

Friday, September 20, 2024

page 54

...come on in doctor sahib,  I hope all is well  today,  since when am I your  priority  that  you visit a patient without prior appointment,  he spoke  as usual  in his lively manner,   asif was rather  nervous what if  he started discussing his case before noshin  asking him to get his  medical tests done   , he didn't want to create  doubts ,  he desperately prayed noshin would leave 
Dear, what do you think  what's important  that I visit you only  as a doctor  , he  pondered a long moment  and replied  in a friendly informal way   ,  , noshin his wife had left them to themselves,  he breathed a  long sigh of relief 
He once again  asked  Seth iftikhar to get his  blood tested  , he smiled strangely  at him  and said  he realized  asif was  taking genuine interest in his  case, he sounded  sincerely grateful 
First of all  he explained  the doctor never  gives the details  to the patient about his illnesses  but now  that they were friends   shouldn't  asif tell him the truth,  after all  what did he want to  look for inside him 
For some time he remained silent   then explained  he wanted  the reports  to  support him  or  his  word won't make any  impact 

Thursday, September 19, 2024

zor muhabbet

...seeing noshin with doctor Rashid  emerge from a family cabin at a five star hotel  he  stopped  surprised,  he had been  observing them for past few days,  it was ten at night  , he thought they were on  quite close and informal terms 
Asif, isn't that noshin  , wife of Seth iftikhar Ahmed,  asked his own wife demandingly , , both of them too had finished their dinner there and  started to go back home  with their  nine year old son and seven year old  daughter ,   dining out was their weekly  favorite  routine family affair,   the chicken  cheese was famous 
Yes, she is, he answered his wife  shortly 
God forbid,  what are women  coming to enjoying life with  men to whom they are not even married,  Naima  began  giving  a lecture on the values of  a proper woman and her relationships,  asif silently nodded to her all  points , they owned a small  medical center in a posh area,  two blocks away  doctor Rashid had his clinic  beyond that was a crowded  area and his clinic always  looked  full of residents,  doctor Rashid was young attractive  and popular,  he lived somewhere else,  both  asif and his wife  naima were doctors practicing  in their  small center 

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

barish

....pouring rain 
Splash of colorful  weather 
And their memories 
Sweet voiced mischievous glances
And my image in those eyes 
Today it's raining again  too
But those  mischievous eyes and tone 
Target of them I was
All that remains is their faint presence 




Tuesday, September 17, 2024

page 17

....the night was sorrowful like  a broken heart,  silent like a lake nestled amidst forests, societies of humanity  slumbered  in the  lap of wet night ,  sudden   fast driven  vehicle crossed  to shatter  the deadly silent  stillness just for a fraction of a second,   amidst all this  in the colony by the highway  turning a street  inside  inside a room  the night was still wide awake 
Miss jamila  at this  hour  late at night  sat in a chair by the window  silently gazing at the stars searching  desperately for her  fortune,  she wasn't immature  but quite an educated woman   with a logical mind  , in a short marital life  she  only experienced unhappiness  yet she  embraced  life with courage 

Monday, September 16, 2024

page 15

....final exams were  nearing,  girls high school was closed  before exams  , students were  given preparation leave,  sambal  was taking regular  tuitions from  teacher Jamil,  just two days  before the exams  saraj aldin decided to meet teacher Jamil  suppressing all the  negative inner voices  
His wife  would definitely  doubt his interests,  he rangbup the taxi driver and explained the situation  and wait for him at the  gossip general store,  he ushered his daughter  from home to the  general store of sharif sahib,   on sharif sahib s suggestion  he bought a big box of sweets  from the market  
Teacher jamila as always was  sober and  appeared  a faint smile on her face,  handing her the sweet box he said  he had been awfully  worried   because of his daughter who was  very weak in maths and English,  ever since sge started  coming to her for studying  she had  shown  considerable progress,  the sweets were  for her  as a token of gratitude 
She  good naturedly spoke  he was  over reacting  his daughter was actually  very  intelligent  and hardworking,  it wasn't difficult to teach her ,  God willing  she will  improve  her grades  in the coming exams 

Sunday, September 15, 2024

page 17

....Samir  class two  student was  memorizing  English  application  swaying  rhythmically,  hearing him Bilal started to make a noise,   calling out everyone who was  within earshot  the boy was   learning  wrong  his words didn't match their right meaning,  she  shot out of her room I rage, all voices and noises  stopped,  sge ordered  Bilal to stand up,    he wasn't ever going to behave himself,  she threatened him  of making a complaint  to his abba , just wait and watch  for it , now  there would be a direct talk  with him , she pulled his ears and   punched him, , Bilal knew  it well  appa always   did the right thing,  if  abba  beat him up amna wouldn't be any help,  he began  asking  for forgiveness 
Allright,  today  I let you go  but next time  no excuses  now sit down and learn your lessons well  and  don't look at others  and the rest of you all open your books too
Ammi was returning from  the terrace  carrying the dry clothes  sge moved forward and  took the entire  pile of clothes from her 
Can't you wait just two minutes, I would have  brought the clothes  after  handling the children,  she dumped the  pile of clothes on the cot 

Saturday, September 14, 2024

page 12

...here take these besan laddus , suji panjiri,  made in pure ghee
What is the meaning of this appa, do you intend to send this all ration with me,  how many times  have I told you nit to trouble yourself  , making things is a laborious work,  you spend so much precious time  on me  and there all my  friends  finish it all in seconds,  I am not at all benefited from your  hardwork,  keep all the things with you here,  I am  not a mule to carry things for others to enjoy 
Increased demand of tiffin  made him  open up his  burnt spirit,  as expected shamsa appa s mouth opened to shut again with a bashful  crimson  streak running across her cheek 
But why have you made such rascally friends,  don't let them touch your things,  stop them from  having them,  don't you have an Almira to keep your things  , you also have  your mother's   iron trunk , keep your things inside safe and lock it up , or tell them all the things are  under a magic spell casted by appa  s husband
Do you think I didn't try that,  I told them  they would turn owls,  their hair will fall  leaving  them bald  or they can grow  tails , appa what do you think I did invent  so many  new stories to fool them and  safeguard my own interests,   believe me  at least one hundred and 9ne tricks  I tried  all failed 

Friday, September 13, 2024

page 9

....next morning saraj aldin dressed up and emerged  looking distinguished  well dressed  a completely changed man  , he appeared half his age,  his wife seriously watched her husband  with a heavy heart  , her  sent her danger signals,  she wept for herself  , her low self esteem  and  unkempt  personality 
From that day  his  dry and  boring life took a sharp turn  , his life filled with  happy cheerful colors,  he was  an autumn tree suddenly showing signs of spring , he was blossoming up and  become energetic and   refreshed and full of life,  his old self had  become alive and young once again,  he began spending more time with other interesting friends in the evening  at the store whose owner was sgaruf sahib,  on his way back home from office  he would   sit down with the gathering,  gossiping and discussing    exchanging  views,  though  they all had  crossed their youth  and reached  a phase  in the journey of life  where they were not  young anymore but their minds were still young,  tgeir thinking  and opinions  still  were   youthful,  they talked  about women and wine poetically,  the general store was left to the  helper to take care of  and  the gathering of friends  warmed up by his presence 

Thursday, September 12, 2024

dil ki wahi tanhai

...when saraj mian turned fifty  two new things happened in his life,  firstly  he  got a promotion and became a superintendent  secondly  he  fell madly in stormy  love with a thirty two year  old  woman 
Saraj  aldin  had joined  a government agency  as a clerk,  as was  the  department policy  he had become a superintendent in twenty years,   every    official knows when he will be promoted  but he could never  predict  when he will  fall in love,  falling in love  in one's  young life  does not surprise anyone  but if an elderly  man   father of four  , a wife at home  is found out  being in love  then people  bite their  nails  in sheer surprise 
 The real fact   what was surprising  was nit an elderly saraj muan falling in love  but  why his wife was so indifferent to him
He was  a clerk for twenty years  and  now also  as a superintendent he was doing the same job  but he was now seen as a better off , life was colorless and  without any excitement,   almighty had blessed him specially with four children  two sons and two daughters,  all of them respected  him and  were quite obedient 
The eldest son kamal after completing his masters  was doing  good in life , he had joined a private company  on a decent salary , saraj  was  a generous and a doting father  

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

page 267

....he had heard of this  job before  from a friend,  it was a job of whitewashing  and painting the houses , because he  for three months  living on charity  and now he hano wish to stay unemployed   so he quickly  agreed to accept the job, his friend introduced him to hus  senior worker  Jim who was  quite a cheerful  old man,  he explained  to Jim he had no work experience  , Jim was encouraging and  reached on time on Monday to pick him up,  Jim wasn't tall but a heavy built,  he stopped the vehicle before the house they were to work on , Jim gestured him to get down from the van,  they had carried their equipment and  materials  with them,  they began   rubbing  and scrubbing  windows and doors  for two hours,  his arms stiffened,  he thought they were to take a  break  but Jim was unstoppable and asked to get going 
For two men it wasn't a difficult task at all  and  straightened the ladder  carefully  near the drainage pipe  , Jim looked at him and smiled,  gave him a piece of sandpaper,  he was to climb up and  start working on the walls and  the pipe  Jim would later on check out how he did the work,  Jim  instructed him to  do it well,  he was  scared of going up the ladder  some forty feet above where tge drainage pipe was, he was to go up that high,  maintain his balance and  clean up the pipe  off its old flaky paint 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

pyari biwi

...he was  driving his car on the motorway  , a police officer chased him to a halt 
Yes sure what is the matter,  why did you stop me 
Speed limit is sixty you are on eighty 
Absolutely nit, I was driving fifty 

Come on darling  hus wife said  you were flying over one hundred 
The man  snarled at her 
Also your car lights are broken 
I have no idea if it
Darling fir past three days I have been telling you about that 
The man glared at her 
You don't have your seat belt on, added  the officer one more charge  to the list
I took it off when you stopped me
Darling,  but you  never  put the  car belt on
Turning to her the man growled  and threatened to smash her head 
Does your husband always talk to you in this manner 
No, just when he is drunk 

Monday, September 9, 2024

page 226

...that night  he lay awake in bed , sleep was  miles  away,  he kept thinking about  anabya  and her parents  , their thought  stirring him up  to stay awake,  the  moments spent with them  in the end  were  clearly etched on his mind 
Disturbed  he tossed and turned   he thought of taking some sleeping pills  but he determinedly  avoided  following his mind,  in this struggling   when he fell asleep  and  entered another world of dreams  he remained  unaware 
The scene he saw in his dream was  quite clear,  anabya lay in bed  defeated before sanbal , her gaze  staring at the ceiling above,  hearing sanbal  move around the room she became  nervous, to her  anyone's uninvited presence in her solitude was absolutely unacceptable 
Who are you asked anabya 
Your savior  answered sanbal flatly 
Why are you here  anabta became  more  disturbed 
To free you sanbal walked closer to anabya 
Next moment  sanbal  took anabya  s throat  in her tight  clutch 
What are you doing  surprised asked anabya 
Freeing you  whispered sanbal 

Sunday, September 8, 2024

dil shanas

....summers  after a long  stay decided to pack up to leave  on a long journey ,   but  mid day heat still felt  scorching on  the direct skin , in one such  hot afternoon  she stood  8n the kitchen  drenched  in sweat  making potato   rolls in gravy  and how laborious it is 
Usually  she  cooks such type of dishes with volume and time consuming  recipes  long and wide on a holiday  but this weekend was spent on putting away  the seasonal clothes and getting out suitable clothes according to the changing weather,  father in law  had  several times  reminded her of his favorite  dish  so mustering enough courage she was busy today  cooking  special dishes  on demand 

Saturday, September 7, 2024

from previous

...zinia sitting on the  driving seat  was  remembering her journey  that started from  being a friend to  mosa  to become closest friend and wife of his  best friend,  her brain was still   decided on her decision  but her heart was   was  helpless  and troubled  , it was trying to find the old warm friend in his conversations and  meaning in his glances 

Aslamalekum zinnia anas  , mosa came to sit down next to her seat,  he could make his tone so sweet  it was   amazing
Zinia was there to pick him up,  anas  wanted them to buy a  suitable  gift and  both were  there to accomplish their goal 
The times had changed  , boys  were  appearing more  attractive than ever before and girls were  becoming long faced perhaps remembering their  grooms

Friday, September 6, 2024

gumnam

...in the  compact city hospital room the air was  filled with  merry laughter and  sweet voices this compact room in the   recent past was used as a dumping store of useless  furniture and things and  empty  bottles  for some time    but now  the lower staff was regularly  active   and used it as their unofficial  workplace  office,  nurses gathered there for small  gossip in between  their shifts   , it was  a rest room cum sitting room  compact waiting room 
, they  freely could discuss their family situation  , in-laws  behaviors,  patients cases, conditions  and concerns about  their career and personal life,  it was a  small room but always house full,  even now  the  gathering  was gossiping full volume,  it was Sheila  s first day  after marriage  in the morning shift  , she was quickly surrounded by screaming happily  other nurses  demanding  for a treat . Sheila  ordered a pizza for them all , the women  present  in the room  got busy  eating   it their rightful share 
Though  marriage is a real big gamble  yet it looks  it benefits  you  spoke  mehek looking at Sheila  and liberally  pouring the ketchup on her pizza 
Of course,  Sheila replied  if you gamble  wisely  it works well for you,  Sheila  spoke  daintily 
She was just twenty-five  dusty complexioned  slight figure,  sge dressed up  carefully  and carried herself  beautifully 

Thursday, September 5, 2024

maalumaat

...q.. the holy Quran  speaks of which   nabi the most 
A..hazrat Musa alya Islam
Q..The holy Quran  mentions  of namaz how many times 
A..700 times 
.
Q..how many times the holy Quran  orders  to pray dua 
A..more than seventy times 
.
Q...which emperor  wrote the holy Quran every year with  his own hands 
A..Sultan Ibrahim gaznavi
.
Q...where was the holy Quran written in gold letters 
A..Lahore 
.
Q...who did the calligraphy 
a..hafiz Muhammad  azim

Q..which Para mentions  reciting  darud  sharif 
A..Para 22
Raku 4

Q..who invented alkhat Arabian  ritual 
A..hazrat Ismael  alya islam

Q...what sura  speaks against bribes
A..sura albaqra

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

page 192

....nawab budhan  was famous for his interesting hobbies  in Lucknow,  he liked  arranging  and  being present in bird fights  so much  so his live for bird fights had reached   the point where  it  became  more than his crazy passion,  always he was seen with his mouth  stuffed with oaan and hands   clutching  birds  his wife  alya khanum was   miserable  from his passion  because at home he  spent  most of the time with birds 
He also kept all his  domestic  servants  busy with himself,  at least three of them were  specifically  reserved only  for this event , partridges  were  specialized  to fight , he   bought different types of partridges  and bred them professionally  giving them  proper training  , he gave  tge winner partridges titles  of emperors and warriors like sikander and  changez  and bahadur
 

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

maut ka raqs

...he was sitting watching   the breaking news on the television in his cage like  room   it was his usual routine,  one news  drew his  full attention towards it  it was about  his closest friend's  death  what really shocked him was  that he died of a heart failure 
He had disappeared from the  social world   in a manner  that the family was  hesitant and avoided talking about it,  it was  the fourth case in three months   that made it so strange 
What he was saying is  it is possible to happen  that highly   intelligent intellectuals  can't  die but it is a stressful  pressure  that they can't handle and  it's not easy to live either with  their  commitments and their passion for  literature  ends with their heart failures 

Monday, September 2, 2024

page 157

...am I alive or not,  he thought  trembling,  whatever he had learned about death  and people who had tasted death  all those stories  he was experiencing himself 
When someone dies  he experiences  dreamlike state like a living person  goes into  a dream like state  , he can see the dreams but he can't see himself  but he  witnesses everything and every experience,  he speaks  in an inaudible voice  he himself can't hear,  in that dream state he  walks and moves but he feels nothing,  in a blink he can reach anywhere  from here to there  and  back again,  it's like magic,  then he sees his near and dear ones , , he recognizes them   but he finds himself  nit amidst them  he watches their faces from outside  , people are arriving  and  he himself is  wrapped in white sheet  lying on the floor,  his nostrils and ears are plugged with  cotton,  be then is lowered in his grave  and it's then he really opens his eyes to  the world  and finds  himself  staring emptily  into the dark deep grave,  he screams  to draw attention of his  own dear people  but there is nobody to hear his screaming,  he is scared of the  darkness  and  solitude,  fright settles over him  then he realizes he is dead 

Sunday, September 1, 2024

page 47

....she very carefully   took the  feet out of soap water  to put them on the towel spread out in her lap,  today  she was  giving more attention to this  work,  an unknown woman was getting  satisfaction  out of this pedicure,   life was a bitter  cup  sge had swallowed to understand and  appreciate  the roughness of these feet , this pair of rough feet had  successfully capably   kept their household   running smoothly,  her peace of mind was shattered  yet she was try very hard to maintain her balance  walking on the previous  path , she was certain she will never again trust anyone,   therefore she was   searching for her small joys of life in her activities 
Rataba next client is waiting  hurry up, kamal herself  unhurriedly  was painting her nails  every now and then  scolding  rataba as if she was  a useless worker,  it was the same parlor  rataba had built   every inch of it  and  sold it off before marriage   to komal who bought this running business,  the place she owned once  she was back there working as a paid worker