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Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay / ایک محبت سو افسافے
Short stories from an eminent Urdu writer that chronicle human tragedy with a soft pen. Ashfaq Ahmed is a consummate master of words.
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Published January 1, 1998
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Ashfaq Ahmed
107 books468 followersAshfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan. He authored several books in Urdu. His works included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio. He was awarded President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz for meritorious services in the field of literature and broadcasting.
After Partition, when Ahmed arrived at the Walton refugee camp with millions of other migrants, he used to make announcements on a megaphone around the clock. Later, he got a job in Radio Azad Kashmir, which was established on a truck that used to drive around in various parts of Kashmir. He then got lectureship at Dayal Singh College, Lahore for two years. Whereafter, he went to Rome to join Radio Rome as an Urdu newscaster. He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe, he received diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France. He also earned a special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University.
He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. After returning to Pakistan from Europe, he took out his own monthly literary magazine, Dastaango [Story Teller], and joined Radio Pakistan as a script writer. He was made editor of the popular Urdu weekly, Lail-o-Nahar [Day and Night], in place of famous poet Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum by the Government of Pakistan.
In 1962, Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages.[13] He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966, which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979.
Ahmed, in his later years of life, was greatly inclined towards Sufism. His close association with Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti was also attributed to this tendency. He used to appear in a get together with his fans in PTV program Baittakh (The Guest Room) and Zaviya (The Dimension) where he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every question posed by the youth audience.
On 7 September 2004, Ashfaq Ahmed died of pancreatic cancer. He was laid to rest in a Model Town, Lahore.
After Partition, when Ahmed arrived at the Walton refugee camp with millions of other migrants, he used to make announcements on a megaphone around the clock. Later, he got a job in Radio Azad Kashmir, which was established on a truck that used to drive around in various parts of Kashmir. He then got lectureship at Dayal Singh College, Lahore for two years. Whereafter, he went to Rome to join Radio Rome as an Urdu newscaster. He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe, he received diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France. He also earned a special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University.
He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. After returning to Pakistan from Europe, he took out his own monthly literary magazine, Dastaango [Story Teller], and joined Radio Pakistan as a script writer. He was made editor of the popular Urdu weekly, Lail-o-Nahar [Day and Night], in place of famous poet Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum by the Government of Pakistan.
In 1962, Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages.[13] He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966, which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979.
Ahmed, in his later years of life, was greatly inclined towards Sufism. His close association with Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti was also attributed to this tendency. He used to appear in a get together with his fans in PTV program Baittakh (The Guest Room) and Zaviya (The Dimension) where he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every question posed by the youth audience.
On 7 September 2004, Ashfaq Ahmed died of pancreatic cancer. He was laid to rest in a Model Town, Lahore.
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March 12, 2016
One Love, a Hundred Tales, says the title.
A rich kaleidoscope of short stories that would be remembered for their sharply drawn characters and a vivid, pictorial quality to the prose that lends every emotion a concreteness - a sureness of footing - not found in regular stuff that philosophises rather endlessly without making much sense under the licence of creative freedom, especially if one thinks of the 'symbolism' plague that infected Urdu prose for a couple of decades prior to Y2K.
But here stories build themselves effortlessly from the first line on till the last with a facility I have come to admire. His prose has a slightly unsettling, disruptive, vintage quality which bespeaks the black-and-white times in desi television history and made me yearn for 1960s-70s films. Here I come YouTube!
These aren't really "love stories" as we know them, but plod through the shadows of tragedy lurking around the corner as an inseparable twin to the human emotion of love, in all its glorious variety. Sometimes I get the impression that Ashfaq Ahmed is pitting the dark forces of humanity against its good ones - a Dostoevsky lite? - but I cannot say that with certainty for there is enough variety and divergence between stories for me to extract a firm conclusion.
I don't think he's been translated into English, so this review will interest readers of Urdu fiction only. Should then I have written these paras in Urdu? Perhaps yes. Only if typing in Urdu on screen wasn't so darn painful.
A rich kaleidoscope of short stories that would be remembered for their sharply drawn characters and a vivid, pictorial quality to the prose that lends every emotion a concreteness - a sureness of footing - not found in regular stuff that philosophises rather endlessly without making much sense under the licence of creative freedom, especially if one thinks of the 'symbolism' plague that infected Urdu prose for a couple of decades prior to Y2K.
But here stories build themselves effortlessly from the first line on till the last with a facility I have come to admire. His prose has a slightly unsettling, disruptive, vintage quality which bespeaks the black-and-white times in desi television history and made me yearn for 1960s-70s films. Here I come YouTube!
These aren't really "love stories" as we know them, but plod through the shadows of tragedy lurking around the corner as an inseparable twin to the human emotion of love, in all its glorious variety. Sometimes I get the impression that Ashfaq Ahmed is pitting the dark forces of humanity against its good ones - a Dostoevsky lite? - but I cannot say that with certainty for there is enough variety and divergence between stories for me to extract a firm conclusion.
I don't think he's been translated into English, so this review will interest readers of Urdu fiction only. Should then I have written these paras in Urdu? Perhaps yes. Only if typing in Urdu on screen wasn't so darn painful.
July 1, 2016
I love the art of short story telling and "ek mohabbat so afsanay" is a collection of short stories done right! Ashfaq Ahmed has a very unique way of drawing the readers into his stories with his vibrant descriptions and characters. The thing that I love about short stories in general is the fact that very thin outlines are enough to create characters that the readers begin to care about naturally (but of course that requires serious craftsmanship which not everyone possesses)
All of the stories paint a picture of a certain type of love, therefore it is difficult to pick one out as a favorite. I real liked "Ammi", "shab khoon", "Faheem", "panahein" and "Talaash".
Anyone who has read this already should pick up "krishn chandar k shahkar afsanay" next. And for those who are yet to read it, please do it now!
All of the stories paint a picture of a certain type of love, therefore it is difficult to pick one out as a favorite. I real liked "Ammi", "shab khoon", "Faheem", "panahein" and "Talaash".
Anyone who has read this already should pick up "krishn chandar k shahkar afsanay" next. And for those who are yet to read it, please do it now!
August 6, 2015
یہ اپنی نوعیت کی ایک بہت ہی اعلیٰ کتاب ہے۔ ہر افسانہ لاجواب ہے، ہر سطر شاندار ہے۔
افسانوں کی کتابوں کا جب بھی ذکر کیا جائے گا اس کتاب کا نام بھی ضرور آئے گا۔
سچ تو یہ ہے کہ اشفاق احمد کی تحاریر کسی تعریف کی محتاج تک نہیں ہیں۔
افسانوں کی کتابوں کا جب بھی ذکر کیا جائے گا اس کتاب کا نام بھی ضرور آئے گا۔
سچ تو یہ ہے کہ اشفاق احمد کی تحاریر کسی تعریف کی محتاج تک نہیں ہیں۔
May 24, 2022
"Ek Mohabbat So' Afsanay", is an amazing short story collection by Sir Ashfaq Ahmed. I love his art of storytelling. Sir Ashfaq Ahmed has a very remarkable way of captivating the readers into his tales with his spirited narratives. The thing that I love about short stories, is the point that very small outlines are sufficient to build identities that the readers begin to support intrinsically..
(Komal Ehsan..)
(Komal Ehsan..)
January 10, 2019
Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay is a collection of 13 short stories, short stories which revolve around ordinary things in life, or ordinary life or the things we see but neglect, or the things we prefer to not notice. These are dark, raw and truth of society. These stories are not of recent but past pre and post partition, they transport you in time black and white or sepia, writing is so magical It makes you feel you are watching it with your eyes.
Every story is extracted from love, every type of love, you name it and it is here, different from other. All are tragic all are different but realistic. Writing is not straight forward like today’s, It seems simple but is layered and philosophical, It left you wondering, every story has an open ending, it is in your hand how you want to interpret it or how you imagine an ending (at least it is what I do).
It is one of the Ashfaq Ahmed’s best writing I have read. Simply Beautiful.
I enjoyed all of these but Ammi and Ajeeb Badshah are my favorites.
Every story is extracted from love, every type of love, you name it and it is here, different from other. All are tragic all are different but realistic. Writing is not straight forward like today’s, It seems simple but is layered and philosophical, It left you wondering, every story has an open ending, it is in your hand how you want to interpret it or how you imagine an ending (at least it is what I do).
It is one of the Ashfaq Ahmed’s best writing I have read. Simply Beautiful.
I enjoyed all of these but Ammi and Ajeeb Badshah are my favorites.
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January 27, 2020Nope,didn't work for me. Remember it as a TV series,long ago. The written version didn't hold my interest at all,abandoned.
April 4, 2007
i learn some tragic and some lovelable moments which i can't forget ever.
this book has 20 afsans(short stories)
among one of that one story which i like too much was a child and his mother love
one paragraph translated u can imagine how beautiful that book is
"suddenly the rain came he and his mother was sleeping in a room and his grandfather was in an another room at mid night
the water start entering into the room his mother was too ill she can't move here and there at the end she took her child on her chest and lay down there she can't feed through her milk becuase she was in sudden fever till morning when grand father came she died but the child was still sleeping on her breasts"
this book has 20 afsans(short stories)
among one of that one story which i like too much was a child and his mother love
one paragraph translated u can imagine how beautiful that book is
"suddenly the rain came he and his mother was sleeping in a room and his grandfather was in an another room at mid night
the water start entering into the room his mother was too ill she can't move here and there at the end she took her child on her chest and lay down there she can't feed through her milk becuase she was in sudden fever till morning when grand father came she died but the child was still sleeping on her breasts"
April 9, 2019
The stories were good but not amazing/outstanding as expected from a brilliant writer like Ashfaq Ahmed. Some of the stories in this book were hard to follow. Some of them didn't make sense to me.
Out of the 13 stories in this book, I liked Faheem, Talaash, Shab Khoon and Ammi.
Out of the 13 stories in this book, I liked Faheem, Talaash, Shab Khoon and Ammi.
December 25, 2022
میرا اشفاق احمد صاحب سے تعارف اب تک صرف "زاویہ" کے حوالے سے ہی رہا ہے. مجھے ان سے بے پناہ عقیدت ہے لیکن میں نے انکو آج تک ایک ادیب کی حیثیت میں نہیں پڑھا. گو کہ بانو آپا کی میں دیرینہ مداح ہوں مگر اشفاق صاحب کے قلم کے اعجاز سے میں اب تک لاعلم اور محروم رہی ہوں... یہ میرا پہلا تجربہ ہے اور یقین جانیے میں خود کو اس بات کا اہل نہیں سمجھتی کہ اتنے بڑے قلمکار کے لکھے ہوئے پر ریویو دینے کی جسارت کروں...لہٰذا اس تحریر کو ریویو مت سمجھیے بلکہ یہ ادب کے ایک ناچیز طالب علم کے محسوسات کا ایک مختصر بیان ہے.
"ایک محبت سو افسانے" اشفاق صاحب کی معروف ترین کتب میں سے ایک ہے .تمام افسانے ایک سے بڑھ کر ایک ہیں. اشفاق صاحب ایک پایے کے کہانی نویس ہیں. انکے ہاں موضوعات کا تنوع تو ہے ہی مگر ان موضوعات کو نبھانے کی خداداد صلاحیت بھی بدرجہ اتم موجود ہیں. آپ کہانی لکھتے ہیں تو اس میں بہاؤ اور تواتر کی ایک ایسی کیفیت ہوتی ہے کہ قاری کسی ٹرانس کی کیفیت میں پڑھتا چلا جاتا ہے..
یہ کہانیاں رومانوی نہیں ہیں بلکہ ان افسانوں میں بابا صاحب انسانی فطرت اور اس سے جڑے المیوں کو احاطہء تحریر میں لاتے ہیں،. انکے افسانے گو حقیقت پسندی پر مبنی ہوتے ہیں، مگر آنے ہاں اس حقیقت کا بیان بے جا کھرا، بے ڈھنگا، اذیت ناک اور فحش نہیں ہے، بلکہ انداز نرم دھیما اور پر اثر ہے. اسی دھیمے پن اور اثر پذیری میں رومان غیر محسوس طریقے سے اپنی جگہ بنا ہی لیتا ہے... مثلاً "بابا" افسانے میں ایلن اور وحید کی محبت.
افسانوں کے سب کردار بہت مضبوط ہیں. وہ افسانے میں جو کردار ڈالتے ہیں، اسکے خدوخال بہت مشاقی سے ابھارتے جاتے ہیں. وہ ہر کردار کا مکمل ذہنی اور نفسیاتی تجزیہ کرتے ہیں، جیسے "شب خون" کا مرکزی کردار تپ دق کا شکار ہے اور اسکے اندر اپنی کسمپرسی کے باعث ارگرد گھومتے پھرتے صحت مند لوگوں کے لیے نفرت کا اظہار اسکی ایک مثال ہے. انکے ہر افسانے میں انسان کے اندر ازل سے جاری خیر و شر کی جنگ کا بیاں پایا جاتا ہے. کہیں خیر کی جیت ہوتی ہے تو کہیں شر جیت جاتا ہے...
وہ ایک زمین سے جڑے ہویے کہانی نویس ہیں اسی لیے انکے کئی افسانے دیہی زندگی کے گرد گھومتے ہیں. بین السطور وہ ہر افسانے میں محبت کا پیغام عام کرتے ہیں چاہے وہ خدا سے ہو، انسانوں کی انسانوں سے، یہانتک کہ جانوروں سے .."بابا" افسانے کو بطور مثال لیجیے جس میں ایلن سیلاب میں ایک بچھڑے کو بچاتے ہوئے جان سے ہاتھ دھو بیٹھتی ہے.
میں نے اس کتاب سے بہت سیکھا ہے.... کئی اصطلاحات ایسی پڑھی ہیں جن سے میں بالکل ناواقف تھی. مثلا مجھے خبر نہیں تھی کہ "لنچ باکس" کو خاصہ دان کہا جاتا ہے.. اسی طرح کئی محاورے اور تمثیلات بھی میری معلومات میں اضافے کا باعث بنیں.
تم افسانوی میرے پسندیدہ مندرجہ ذیل رہے:
تلاش
شب خون
بابا
عجیب بادشاہ
امی
غرضیکہ اشفاق صاحب ہم جیسے اناڑیوں کے لیے ایک ادبی اکیڈمی کا درجہ رکھتے ہیں. اور ادب کے ہر سنجیدہ طالب علم کو انکی تحریروں سے استفادہ ضرور کرنا چاہیے.
"ایک محبت سو افسانے" اشفاق صاحب کی معروف ترین کتب میں سے ایک ہے .تمام افسانے ایک سے بڑھ کر ایک ہیں. اشفاق صاحب ایک پایے کے کہانی نویس ہیں. انکے ہاں موضوعات کا تنوع تو ہے ہی مگر ان موضوعات کو نبھانے کی خداداد صلاحیت بھی بدرجہ اتم موجود ہیں. آپ کہانی لکھتے ہیں تو اس میں بہاؤ اور تواتر کی ایک ایسی کیفیت ہوتی ہے کہ قاری کسی ٹرانس کی کیفیت میں پڑھتا چلا جاتا ہے..
یہ کہانیاں رومانوی نہیں ہیں بلکہ ان افسانوں میں بابا صاحب انسانی فطرت اور اس سے جڑے المیوں کو احاطہء تحریر میں لاتے ہیں،. انکے افسانے گو حقیقت پسندی پر مبنی ہوتے ہیں، مگر آنے ہاں اس حقیقت کا بیان بے جا کھرا، بے ڈھنگا، اذیت ناک اور فحش نہیں ہے، بلکہ انداز نرم دھیما اور پر اثر ہے. اسی دھیمے پن اور اثر پذیری میں رومان غیر محسوس طریقے سے اپنی جگہ بنا ہی لیتا ہے... مثلاً "بابا" افسانے میں ایلن اور وحید کی محبت.
افسانوں کے سب کردار بہت مضبوط ہیں. وہ افسانے میں جو کردار ڈالتے ہیں، اسکے خدوخال بہت مشاقی سے ابھارتے جاتے ہیں. وہ ہر کردار کا مکمل ذہنی اور نفسیاتی تجزیہ کرتے ہیں، جیسے "شب خون" کا مرکزی کردار تپ دق کا شکار ہے اور اسکے اندر اپنی کسمپرسی کے باعث ارگرد گھومتے پھرتے صحت مند لوگوں کے لیے نفرت کا اظہار اسکی ایک مثال ہے. انکے ہر افسانے میں انسان کے اندر ازل سے جاری خیر و شر کی جنگ کا بیاں پایا جاتا ہے. کہیں خیر کی جیت ہوتی ہے تو کہیں شر جیت جاتا ہے...
وہ ایک زمین سے جڑے ہویے کہانی نویس ہیں اسی لیے انکے کئی افسانے دیہی زندگی کے گرد گھومتے ہیں. بین السطور وہ ہر افسانے میں محبت کا پیغام عام کرتے ہیں چاہے وہ خدا سے ہو، انسانوں کی انسانوں سے، یہانتک کہ جانوروں سے .."بابا" افسانے کو بطور مثال لیجیے جس میں ایلن سیلاب میں ایک بچھڑے کو بچاتے ہوئے جان سے ہاتھ دھو بیٹھتی ہے.
میں نے اس کتاب سے بہت سیکھا ہے.... کئی اصطلاحات ایسی پڑھی ہیں جن سے میں بالکل ناواقف تھی. مثلا مجھے خبر نہیں تھی کہ "لنچ باکس" کو خاصہ دان کہا جاتا ہے.. اسی طرح کئی محاورے اور تمثیلات بھی میری معلومات میں اضافے کا باعث بنیں.
تم افسانوی میرے پسندیدہ مندرجہ ذیل رہے:
تلاش
شب خون
بابا
عجیب بادشاہ
امی
غرضیکہ اشفاق صاحب ہم جیسے اناڑیوں کے لیے ایک ادبی اکیڈمی کا درجہ رکھتے ہیں. اور ادب کے ہر سنجیدہ طالب علم کو انکی تحریروں سے استفادہ ضرور کرنا چاہیے.
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August 21, 2022Tha e is a o a air an àirde na an iomadh dùthaich a bhbhith air na crìochan aice sa chaidh mun seo seo na oileanach san àite far is an chuir mi o chionn beagan is dà mhìle is e seo a chur ri seo agus a bha a bhean air mar sin leibh air na crìochan aice sa chaidh mun do chuir mi mo chuid Ghàidhlig agus a bha a chuid huid Ghàidhlig agus a bha a bhean air mar sin an Cèitean Cèitean aig na seann Ghàidheil an seo agus a bha a bhean air i an aon dòigh a bhith ann an air na na na na air na a chèile a ag iarraidh iarraidh iarraidh an an seo agus a bha a iad an cothrom sin air an àirde na an trì de halak a bhith ann am bliadhna-leum ag iomadach bliadhna air leth math airson iasgach agus tha iad gu leòr airson na na leibh leibh tha mi air an àirde na na eadar a chuid chòirichean mar sin h-oidhcheadh air air obair mhòr ann eadar am on wQar air na crìochan aice sa chaidh mun do chuir mi mo chuid Ghàidhlig agus a bha a bhean air mar sin leibh air na crìochan aice o chionn beagan is dà mhìle is e reith le do rinn mi ann airson na h-oidhche air na crìochan aice sa chaidh mun ann a chionn ochd uairean sa chaidh oilthigh ann a bha a iad an cothrom sin air an àirde na an o chionn h-Alba air an obair seo na an seo agus a bha a bhean a bha a ann beagan
January 18, 2022
اشفاق احمد کوئی ملا تو نہ تھے۔ نہ تصوف کے علمبردار نہ دین کے عالم۔ نہ تو مجاوری کے خواہاں نہ ہی قلندری کے گاہک۔ مگر ان کی طبیعت کی بےنیازی اور دانشمندی کا نمایاں عکس ان کے عاجزانہ طرزِ نگارش میں ہر سو جھلکتا دکھائی دیتا ہے۔
ان کی تحریروں میں ایک عجیب سحر کن تاثیر ہے جو عام ادیبوں اور شاعروں کے کلام سے یکثر مختلف ہے۔ ان کے افسانوی کردار رومانوی دنیا کے باشندے ہوتے ہوئے بھی حقیقت سے بےحد قریب محسوس ہوتے ہیں۔
"ایک محبت سو افسانے" اشفاق احمد کی ان تحریروں میں سے ایک ہے جو قارئ کے ذہن و دل پر اپنا نقش یوں چھوڑ جاتی ہیں گویا کہ ہر کہانی ایک ہی عنوان، ایک ہی داستان، ایک ہی مضمون کا حصہ ہو اور وہ مضمون "خیر کے کلمے" اور "خدمت کے جزبے" کے سوا کچھ نہ ہو۔ آپ کا لکھا ہر افسانہ ہمیشہ اتنا ہی خزیں و دلگیر معلوم ہوتا ہے جتنی اندوگیں یہ عمرِ بےثبات ہے۔
کچھ شک نہیں کہ اشفاق احمد کی تحریریں پڑھ کر غالباً ہر انسان یہی سوچنے پر مجبور ہوجاتا ہے کہ:
"ناجانے کیوں اتنی تلخیاں ہیں افسانوی ادب میں، دنیائے تخیل ہوتے ہوئے بھی! "
ان کی تحریروں میں ایک عجیب سحر کن تاثیر ہے جو عام ادیبوں اور شاعروں کے کلام سے یکثر مختلف ہے۔ ان کے افسانوی کردار رومانوی دنیا کے باشندے ہوتے ہوئے بھی حقیقت سے بےحد قریب محسوس ہوتے ہیں۔
"ایک محبت سو افسانے" اشفاق احمد کی ان تحریروں میں سے ایک ہے جو قارئ کے ذہن و دل پر اپنا نقش یوں چھوڑ جاتی ہیں گویا کہ ہر کہانی ایک ہی عنوان، ایک ہی داستان، ایک ہی مضمون کا حصہ ہو اور وہ مضمون "خیر کے کلمے" اور "خدمت کے جزبے" کے سوا کچھ نہ ہو۔ آپ کا لکھا ہر افسانہ ہمیشہ اتنا ہی خزیں و دلگیر معلوم ہوتا ہے جتنی اندوگیں یہ عمرِ بےثبات ہے۔
کچھ شک نہیں کہ اشفاق احمد کی تحریریں پڑھ کر غالباً ہر انسان یہی سوچنے پر مجبور ہوجاتا ہے کہ:
"ناجانے کیوں اتنی تلخیاں ہیں افسانوی ادب میں، دنیائے تخیل ہوتے ہوئے بھی! "
June 3, 2019
A precious book, collection of short stories that will win your heart and you'll come back for more again and again. I fell completely in love with Ashfaq saab's narration style of short stories - precise but whole.
So the book consists of 13 short stories and every story has one thing in common - Love. Love in it's purest form, every type of love. Tragic and realistic incidents from pre and post partition era, drawing the reader into a whirlpool of philosophical aspects of life and the ordinary things that most of us don't give an ear to. This book is much more than just a normal book of short love stories, it's an effortlessly built kaleidoscope of emotions - natural and beautiful.
So my dear Urdu readers, this book right here deserves to be read. Go and explore the work of Sir Ashfaq Ahmed, i don't know what was i doing not reading him all these years.
So the book consists of 13 short stories and every story has one thing in common - Love. Love in it's purest form, every type of love. Tragic and realistic incidents from pre and post partition era, drawing the reader into a whirlpool of philosophical aspects of life and the ordinary things that most of us don't give an ear to. This book is much more than just a normal book of short love stories, it's an effortlessly built kaleidoscope of emotions - natural and beautiful.
So my dear Urdu readers, this book right here deserves to be read. Go and explore the work of Sir Ashfaq Ahmed, i don't know what was i doing not reading him all these years.
July 15, 2020
stories of انسیت, filled with hilarity and innocence, of unsaid love, of madness, of poetry and separation, of unwritten letters, of the desire to hold on, of the humans in our lives whom we don't understand, of loss, of a blood filled partition, of human nature and death.
simply beautiful. he writes so so well and truthfully.
simply beautiful. he writes so so well and truthfully.
February 8, 2020
magnificent collections of short stories, hard to choose one favorite over another. sir ashfaq has a unique storytelling style that is unmatched by any other author.
June 25, 2022
Lovely short stories. Ashfaq sb was really a master of words/narrations.
October 29, 2018
Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay / ایک محبت سو افسافے (Hardcover)
Non-review rant
Occasionally, I pick something to read from classics / literature. It makes for a difficult and slow read, but feels worth it.
Review
A collection of touching, moving and lovely stories of love, affection, and belonging. This is written by Ashfaque Ahmed. Like many classics, almost the entire book can be quoted. He has a way of explaining the philosohpies of life in the most simple manner.
Verdict
Anything less than a 5 star rating, would be unfair.
Non-review rant
Occasionally, I pick something to read from classics / literature. It makes for a difficult and slow read, but feels worth it.
Review
A collection of touching, moving and lovely stories of love, affection, and belonging. This is written by Ashfaque Ahmed. Like many classics, almost the entire book can be quoted. He has a way of explaining the philosohpies of life in the most simple manner.
Verdict
Anything less than a 5 star rating, would be unfair.
September 7, 2016
Absolutely beautiful collection of short stories. However, I left last two stories for some later occassion.
Plot of each story was twisty and poignant in the end. Baba, Ajeeb Badshah, Talaash and Shab khoon were my favorites, and first two left me with dry throat. This book is worth reading.
Plot of each story was twisty and poignant in the end. Baba, Ajeeb Badshah, Talaash and Shab khoon were my favorites, and first two left me with dry throat. This book is worth reading.
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July 7, 2012beautifull book.....
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November 28, 2012i wannt to know about this book... can anyone help?????????? i will read it Insha ALLAH. but know i want to know what is in this book.??? explain in detail please. each and every aspect of this book.
April 5, 2013
BEST EVER !
July 24, 2013
None of the short stories in this anthology have a happy ending. Yet, what keeps one hooked to the book is Ashfaq Ahmed's storytelling, his mastery of words.
It was a good read.
It was a good read.
April 3, 2014
drya ko koozay mein bnd krna isy he kehty hn.
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January 31, 2017
Great short stories by great person, teacher, mentor.
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January 19, 2018This Is Very Nice Book
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August 4, 2018Ishfaque ahmed's writes alway best
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