Every line below lives inside a real book by a Pakistani author. Read the quote, meet the book — and take the story home.
“Soha’s evening prayers held nothing but the wish for God to give him peace in the world he’s gone to.”

“This immortal voice of Allah hu Akbar depicts the profound reality of life; that everything would fade into oblivion, but one love would never die.”

“Rekindling hopes and not letting it perish, letting the sun shine on your soul, to keep enriching your wonderful soul.”

“Although Katherine herself had been through times of misery and intense pain, she had never let her experience impact her negatively.”

“Basila smiled herself, imagining her twenty-five-year-old father, running up to Laiba apa, to tell her he found his light.”

“Elijah saw Maya, Dane was on the ground and she had her nails dug upon his heart, “so stubborn you are,” she drove her fingers further.”

“If she is rich, they make her wear sleeveless and to represent a middle/low class girl, you mostly see her wearing a dupatta.”

“Kulthoum continued the song from their childhood memory; the song that their mother used to sing the long nights when their father had gone in search of food.”

““God, she is beautiful;” with her chubby cheeks, small straight nose, soft plump lips and rosy complexion.”

“Usually the power of woman rises with the wealth of a society, for when the stomach is satisfied hunger leaves the field to love.”

“Let the pain make its mark so when the heart burst the warmth away, the ruins remain of the legend that shall forever be told.”

“All we seek for is new tiny dots in our galaxy; I believe I do not need to clarify myself and my organization anymore.”

“After playing for a long time, everyone started feeling hungry, so they all sat down together for the mouth-watering lunch.”

“The pursuit of justice is justified not without the element of peace, for the time is to come when chaos shall pickup into fashion, and then shall the world need men, truly deserved by the wars they have fought within.”

“How joyful the heart becomes when it finds true love, and how sad it is that joy in essence is ephemeral.”

“The feeling of warmth, affection, love and harmony always begin at home and spreads to the whole world.”

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The story puts readers in awe. A saga of a lonely and miserable man who achieves everything in life through his hard work and resilience.
الفاظ بہت زیادہ طاقت رکھتے ہیں۔ لفظوں کی طاقت اوران کااثر ایک حقیقت ہے۔ ایک لفظ کسی کی پوری زندگی تبدیل کر دیتا ہے، الفاظ جہاں زندگی دیتے ہیں وہی زندگی چھین بھی لیتے ہیں اسی لیے کہتے ہیں الفاظ کا استعمال سوچ سمجھ کر کرنا چاہیے۔
A reflective interview with Aneeta Yaqoob exploring psychology & about her self-help book in urdu" Umeed ki Kiran."
کتاب کا اسلوبِ بیان سادہ اوردلکش ہے۔ کتاب بنیادی طور پر چار حصوں میں تقسیم ہے جس کے پہلے حصے میں فورم اور سائیٹ سیورز کا تعارف اور نابینااور معذورقلم کار خواتین کا انٹرویو درج ہے۔ادب سے تعلق رکھنے والی مختلف عورتوں کے بارے میں پڑھ کر آپ جانیں گے کہ انھوں نے اپنی زندگی میں کس قدر مشکلات کا سامنا کیا مگر انھوں نے ہار نہیں مانی اور محنت اور لگن کے ساتھ اپنے کام کو جاری رکھا۔دوسرے حصے میں محترمہ کشور ناہید کے انٹرویوکے ساتھ ساتھ مسلم ثانیثیت اور نسائی ادب اور تنقید شامل ہے۔
”اِک پرخیال“بنیادی طور پر بہت سی تحریروں پر مبنی ہے۔اس میں موجود دلچسپ مضامین قاری کی توجہ کا مرکز بنتے ہیں۔اس کتاب کے ذریعے منیرہ قریشی نے دراصل قاری کو بہت اچھی اچھی نصیحتوں سے نوازا ہے۔ اپنے احساسات وخيالات کو لفظ کے پیرہن میں سموتے ”اک پرخيال!“ مختلف النوع موضوعات کا ایک ایسا آئینہ ہے جو فاضل مصنفہ کے دلی جذبات کا عکاس ہے
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اس کتاب کی یہی خوبی ہے کہ ہر شعر کو نہایت سلجھے، رواں اور دلچسپ انداز میں قلم بند کیا گیا ہے۔“
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