Saher Aik Iste'ara Hai/سحر ایک استعارہ ھے

by Umera Ahmed

It is a five story collection, comprising of Sahar Aik Ista'ara Hai, Maat Hone Tak, Kis Jahan Ka Zar Liya, Baat Umar Bhar Ki Hai and Doosra Dozakh.
Sahar Aik Ista'ara Hai (English: Being Spellbound is Just a Metaphor) is the tale of two sisters; one being of a conniving nature while the other being honest and pure and how they conduct themselves when faced by life’s various challenges. The story revolves around the characters of two sisters, Aiman and Marium.
It was first published in Kiran Digest.

152 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

Umera Ahmed is one of the most widely-read and popular Urdu fiction novelist and screenplay writer of this era.
She completed her Masters in English Literature from Murray College, Sialkot. Later she became an English language lecturer for the students of O and A levels at Army Public College, Sialkot. However she left the job a few years back in order to devote her full attention to writing.
She began her writing career in 1998 at a quite young age. Her initial stories were published in monthly urdu digests and later came out in the form of books. She has written about 16 books , comprising of complete novels and compilations of short stories. However it was her novel "Peer-e-Kaamil (S.A.W.W)" which became her identity.

Reviews

[Fizah(Books tales by me) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her writing is magic...

[MomināReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories were good, but I don't like that I can predict everything in 2-3 pages.

[Namra · Rating 3 out of 5]

سحر ایک استعارہ ہے" عمیرہ احمد کے پانچ افسانوں کا مجموعہ ہے۔اس مجموعے میں عمیرہ احمد نے ہمارے معاشرے کی خامیوں اور تلخ حقیقتوں پہ روشنی ڈالی ہے۔ ہر کہانی ہماری روز مرہ کی زندگی سے لی گئ ہے۔

💙عمیرہ احمد کہانی بُننے کا ہنر جانتی ہیں۔ انکے قلم میں روانی پائ جاتی ہے۔ اس کتاب میں تحریر شدہ افسانے آپکو صرف افسانے نہیں لگتے بلکہ انکی جھلک آپکو اپنے اردگرد، کہیں ماضی میں یا حال میں، یہیں کہیں، اپنے آس پاس، نظر آتی رہتی ہے۔

💙اس کتاب کا پہلا افسانہ "مات ہونے تک"، مجھے باقی افسانوں کی نسبت ذیادہ پسند آیا کیونکہ وہ ذرا مختلف تھا۔

💙ایک خوبی اس کتاب میں یہ ہے کہ یہ آپکو بور نہیں ہونے دیتی اور آپ پوری کتاب ایک دفع میں ہی پڑھ سکتے ہیں۔

✨تنقید: ہر کہانی میں کسی نہ کسی کردار میں ضرور بےوقوفی کی حد تک اچھائ موجود ہے اور میرے ذاتی خیال میں ایک انسان کے لۓ اس قدر بےلوث اور بےغرض ہونا ممکن نہیں ہے۔ نا ہی کوئ اتنا برا ہو سکتا ہے اور نا ہی کوئ اتنا اچھا ہو سکتا ہے جتنا ان کہانیوں میں دکھایا گیا ہے۔ اور ہر کوئ اکنامکس ہی پتہ نہیں کیوں کر رہا تھا😅.

[Ubaid Talpur · Rating 3 out of 5]

ایک اور بہترین کہانی, انسان ایک طرف ظالم ہے تو دوسری طر ف. ھمدرد بھی

[Maryam · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Hizbullah · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤

[Maryam (fictional booktique) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal!

[Adiba · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a short novel by Umera Ahmed, She explains human emotions very, she did in this work as well.

A Good read !!

[Alina Raza Hussain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read many books and watched many shows written by Umerah Ahmed. Every one of her writings, whether good or bad, interesting or not but there are a lot of lessons to be learned in her books. Umerah Ahmed's book "Sehar ik istaara" is also like this. And the good thing about this book is that It is instructive and also very interesting. In this book, the author has also highlighted many bitter truths. There's not only one story in this book. Rather, this is a collection of five stories. The first story in it is "Maat hone tak" which has dramatized some years ago. Four stories in this book "Sahar ik istaara", "kis jahan ka zar liya", "baat umar Bhar ki hai" & "doosra dozakh" are also included. And after reading these stories, you will not be disappointed at all.

[Nazish Islam · Rating 4 out of 5]

First person story! nicely portrayed.

[Fahad Naeem · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short story which tells about what goes around comes around. A good read.