from previous

...his voice was  attractive,  he had heard even other girls  comment on his nice voice quality,  he wanted to speak to him  in private,  , he took out his wallet,  to take his business card  to show him instructing him to  come to his office next day when ever he had at least one hour just just give him a ring before coming 

He was startled what could he have to talk to him  alone,  but he checked himself from commenting at all,  in those days mobiles weren't so common,  sim cells were not in market,  it was very expensive to keep a mobile,  it was definitely a status issue,  he was thankful he had managed to get a mobile for his business purpose,  he promised to see him in his office  and  began speculating  what could be the main reason,  his assumptions  didn't  really mean anything,  they used to discuss  everything important on the  location shooting sets,  now what could be the secrecy all about 

Next day he was rather free  not much of anything to do,  on the phone  he spoke and reached him, , what a spectacular office  it was,  he quickly controlled himself  by then he had got accustomed to seeing wealthy  people and their lifestyle,  faraz khan  met him  unexpectedly very warmly  and proved a most wonderful host  , quite some time later he came to the real point,  though just the two of them in the room  yet his tone became very secretive,  his elbows on the table before him he leaned forward  addressing Farhan if he was aware  faraz had been casted in second lead in his drama  for which he had paid two lakes

Farhan knew such  things happen  in the world of showbiz  but someone like faraz khan  involved in it was surprising 

from previous

...flattery is a  all time favorite  prescription used everywhere for long time,  many successful people have reached the top by mastering this skill  leaving  behind them   legacies  unsurpassed  having registered unbelievable stories  of their  impossible  struggles overcome,  the living legends  also are busy practicing the skill of flattery to reach their dream goals,  from  a peon to the head of the department,  every time this skill is used it proves beneficial,  he was enlightened  truly  when he joined the world of showbiz,  better late than never but he mastered the art of flattery 

from previous

...he was attached to  senior producer retired from government television,  he was retired long ago,  he was quite an aged man,  quicktempered and  bad tempered  specially towards his juniors,  he illtreated them like a  garage owner is to his mechanic  who are  usually  errand boys, but he was at his best behavior when  in company of  female artiste   who worked in his shows and dramas but even then if someone like him a boy or newcomer  appeared on the scene  the senior  would give him a good piece of his mind 

He really believed  women were his admirers and   that his  work impressed them,, those were  also talented actresses and  very successfully established a rapid raport  with him  to their own benefits,  these actresses  were  often overheard  discussing   the producer  in his absence,  if only someone told the producer  what were their opinion about him he would certainly have fallen  down dead with a stroke,  but  the new boy  by now had learnt more practical golden tricks in life  and refrained from  sharing  the gossip and stay out of meddling with the boss s life  to stay out of trouble 

page 8

...a man wanted to meet Aristotle,  he entered  the street that lead to Aristotle s house  when a resident  emerged from one house,  the seeker asked him which house was Aristotle  s

The  resident replied this was the house of Aristotle 

The visitor asked if Aristotle was home 

The resident explained he wasn't 

The visitor asked where was Aristotle gone 

The man replied Aristotle has  left  to see the hakim 

The visitor  promised to come again 

In the evening he was back at Aristotle s house where Aristotle was surrounded by his students , the visitor was surprised to see the man  of the morning was Aristotle himself 

The visitor  overwhelmed said so he was Aristotle 

Coolly Aristotle replied  of course he was it

The visitor got irritable  that he could have told him so in the previous  trip 

Seriously answered Aristotle the visitor could have asked him that earlier 

page 12

...it was  an ordinary   day like usual,  office  hours tiring and routine,   it was time to return home,  sayyad perhaps had   no reason  attractive enough to go back home,  nobody waited for him there with open arms and welcoming doors open,  for past three years he was resident of a small flat,  he had to unlock the door himself to let himself in, , where  his solitude and silence  embraced him completely,  he wished  the way home would  never end, he  would watch  faces getting in and out  at each stop,  trying to read their expressions,  making stories of them,  ever since he had come to this town to  do his job  he had discovered himself  and found his mind invented  stories  just by looking at people's faces,  his skills  had improved and he could  be quite  true  in his speculation  about otgers personalities  nature  habits and characters,  he didn't care if he was right or wrong he just enjoyed  studying faces,  he would   deeply get into reading the faces that he  would forget he had nobody home and  silent solitude awaited and he had to unlock his door himself to let himself in 

pasand ki shadi

  Times are changing  and with that the  societies and their  thinking,   their minds becoming more flexible  softer and broader  for marriages,  the marriages in the older  traditions  were  arranged between   families  by the families  is now considered old  fashioned and not practical  , now   choosing  a life companion  is trendy  and not a matter of  family feud,  in fact  it's  a sign of modern enlightened  souls , now  it is easily acceptable  concept  that  the young people  like someone and  can  decide independently,  this is  given much importance   because   the new  trend is to plan  a career  long before  , other life matters also are sorted out   carefully  selecting and rejecting  years before   likewise  marriages are now also  customized and well planned  for personal reasons and quality life,  social norms are changing  so are the youth   who no longer  take sentiments seriously,  romance and virtual world  is not practicable any more , now the youth  know  getting married is not enough getting along is what is needed to make their marriage work 

shikast arzoo

...many people are still there who  sigh coolly   and remember that Era, they say it was   a real  golden age,  there used to be just one  national  television  channel  that too government  controlled,  evenings started with  the recital of  the holy Quran and before  midnight  with the national anthem  ended the  television,  in those days very few had  television sets at home and the owners never got tired of it, in fact  such television homes were tge cultural and social   centers  accommodating  the entire neighborhood   somewhat shy and excited at the same time  filling up the  floor  area in their  drawing-room where the  television set  was kept,  this drawing room crowd  simply  enjoyed watching the TV  together,  regular appreciation  on comedy and soap dramas was shown by  noisy applause by this cheering gathering,  nobody then realized their applause couldn't be seen or heard by the  performers 

His memory was  full of faded events of those days,  he was very small then,  by the time he grew up a little more  television was  part and parcel of every household,  it became one of the most important and common  item,  , it was no longer  seen as an  amazing product,  but he was  looked at oddly because he wasn't much interested in television as others of his age group had 

Man doesn't know of his  future  and what fate holds for him,  someone like him who was not attracted by television  was destined to become television producer,  he had done his masters and like others  he spent time struggling to find a job but unemployment is a national  trend