Short Stories From Pakistan ; Fifty Years of Pakistani Short Stories

"We were prisoners of our own silences and were too far from each other even though we stayed closed."The stories from various authors on different themes specifically based during the historical times including the partition, rural life and the changes that came along, the fast changing times, the customs and cultures explained and fictionalized. Some customs do turned out to be quite obsolete but were followed mostly as truce and for peacemaking amongst the particular tribes and communities.Also, some of these stories play with your mind when they tell you dark fairytale retellings (Cinderella by Anwar Sajjad), magical realism (Surrounded by Deep Waters by Mansha Yaad), psychological (The Mughal Inn by Mirza Hamid Baig), philosophy (The Boat by Intizar Husain), disability (The Itch by Asif Farrukhi), violence in the name of honour/domestic violence (Honour by Jamal Abro), racism (History's Shroud by Amar Jaleel), law and how it works (The Thirty-fourth Door by Nasim Kharal), gender shaming and discrimination (The Crooked-footed Witch by Afzal Ahmad Randhawa and also my ultimate favourite in this collection!),These stories are dark and tells about the different sufferings different characters go through due to unavoidable circumstances. Many of the characters are victims or made to be a part of some unfortunate events.These stories deal with mental health disorders (Bhagwandas Darkhan, Millipede), how the helpless and women/children are taken advantage of (Bhagwandas Darkhan, Bhag Bhari), death (Atonement), and mostly violence towards the women/girls and the helpless.My favourites from the collection include Fetters of Time (Mumtaz Mufti), Bhagwandas Darkhan (Shaukat Siddiqui), Millipede (Khalida Husain), The Capon Story (Masood Ash'ar), Surrounded by Deep Waters (Mansha Yaad), Soul Weary (Bano Qudsia), Virtue Rewarded (Hasan Manzar), The Three-eyed (Asad Muhammad Khan), Honor (Jamal Abro), History's Shroud (Amar Jaleel), The Thirty-fourth Door (Nasim Kharal), The Crooked-footed Witch (Afzal Ahmad Randhawa), The Horse-rider (Nasir Baloch), The Wolf (Farooq Sarwar) and The Day of Judgement (Ghaus Bahar).

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