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An extract from The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is

Humsafarnovel
Humsafar- Roman Urdu Novel PART 3 pages 1-41
The team at Drama Pakistani have done this transliteration as a labour of love. this is for all the Humsafar fans out there who cannot read Urdu and it is dedicated to Farhat Ishtiaq and all the wonderful writers of Pakistan If there are any mistakes , we apologise in advance and if you have any questions regarding vocabulary...
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Humsafarnovel
Humsafar- Roman Urdu Novel PART 3 pages 1-35
The team at Drama Pakistani have done this transliteration as a labour of love. this is for all the Humsafar fans out there who cannot read Urdu and it is dedicated to Farhat Ishtiaq and all the wonderful writers of Pakistan If there are any mistakes , we apologise in advance and if you have any questions regarding vocabulary...
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Book Review: ALIF.... the Unseen
  Life has definitely become too hectic when I have to wait till I go on holiday before I actually sit down and read a book .Luckily enough I got the chance to be in that pleasant unhectic state this last weekend.When I got tired of staring at starry skies and beautiful mountains I sat in my room...
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Book Review : Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity By Kathrine Boo   I will keep this review free of spoilers and give you a general idea of what I make of its contents. Katherine Boo writes extraordinarily about realities of life in the shadows of concentrated wealth in...
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The Kite Runner - Book Review
“For you a thousand times over!” , this is one line I will never forget. It is spoken by a character named Hassan in Khalid Hosseini’s best-selling book called ‘The Kite Runner’. This book is a masterpiece! It brilliantly shows how people don’t realize how important...
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Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time
Before I start this review, let’s go over a normal plot line of a normal book. In an average book, there’s usually a proper plot line which consists of this: Exposition: you introduce the setting, characters, etc… Conflict: this can be one major problem and minor problems that the character(s)...
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Book Review : The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho
“Kehte hai agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho toh poori kayanat tumhein usse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai”   yeh line sunni sunni hai naa :P acha listen to this then… “When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true”. Don’t worry.. yeh “mind...
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Book Review: Zindagi Gulzar Hai
Pehla review or pehli baar kisi bhi forum kay liye likhna yeh mera 1st attempt hai. tou comments mein hath hola Rakhiyey ga . Hmm!  Here we go:) Zindagi Gulzar hai is a novel or a short story written by Umera Ahmed. “So Kya Waqai Zindagi Gulzar hai?” that was the 1st question that popped in my mind,...
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Peer-e-Kamil (S.A.W.W) - Review
Peer-e-Kamil, our Prophet S.A.W.W, someone the whole Muslim Ummah loves. What can one do for that pure existence? It depends on how much one loves him S.A.W.W. The story, ‘Peer-e-Kamil’ is about a girl named ‘Imamah’ who went through many changes and many trials because of her...
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