After a long time, thanks to the marriage of Zia's younger brother, all the friends were gathered in Lahore. In the busy life of grown ups such occasions are the only source of getting together, a must attended reunion. There was only laughter and memories to recall and tease each other. Gossip, fooling, roaring laughter, and what not; the grey whiskers seem...
A huge shout out to my editor caitlin, can't thank her enough. Some Useful words to know before you read the story: Hijab- A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women. Essentially a scarf. Burqa- A outer garment worn by some Muslim women that covers their whole body when in public. Kuffar- Arabic for "Non-believer". ***** Fahima Begum sat in...
WELL! It was not supposed to happen like this. On a sandy beach in California, my wife Zeenat and I had crossed over from imagining the unthinkable to doing the despicable, on what was proposed to be a relaxing day in the sun! And the proof was there too. Even as I loaded the cooler and mats into the trunk of our car, my heart started pounding as I powered...
So I sat in a stall in the ladies room, trying to squeeze one out. Sorry, I ate some really bad Sushi from the food court at my university. I sat there, sweating bullets as the, um, process got underway. Remind me never to eat Sushi again. That's what I get for trying exotic foods. Anyhow, I sat there, and checked my Facebook on iPhone to pass the time. Laug...
I Lying in bed, reading the latest letter from Shahnawaz, Payal could not help but feel proud that her husband had found the business legs he so wanted in the joint project with Sam Chen's Malaysian company. In the past years the concern had increased revenues by more than 100% and his decision to focus on work looked like it was paying off. Shahnawaz's fre...
Payal ki Jhankar, Chapter 7 I "I'd imagine Jessica would be really upset if she saw us like this," Payal just had the oddest urge to express whatever was running through her mind. "She is a backwoods type and I think you may be right about her wanting to hold on to her man!" Mike Whittaker took a moment to respond to the comment about his wife back home i...
It seemed like a period of familial demise had come over the very happy and full life that Payal, Shahnawaz and their kids were leading. Trying to seek comfort in the known confines of her pre-marriage years' home, Payal tried to make sense of everything that on one hand had befallen their family and on the other had helped elevate their standing and importa...
During the early years of our marriage my work obliged us to move house fairly frequently and while this entailed considerable upheaval, it also provided fresh pastures for me to expand my options with regard to making Jane available. Following a move to a rented house near Wolverhampton we began, on occasions, to use our local pub - the place was a nondes...
Reporters from across the nation, indeed even across the world, had gathered here in Paris for the mayor's press conference. It was a testament as to just how 'hot button' the issue had become. The supporters of banning the hijab, often affiliated with the far right and racist movements in France, claimed that they were "defending" the "values" of "western c...
Ken Taylor had pulled the call button in spite of the terse warning from the flight attendant not to do so. He was at the very back of the giant 747---the cheap seats that his company always seemed to acquire at a deep discount. Something had occurred at the front of the airplane. The first class passengers had been flushed from their upscale seating. There...