Every line below lives inside a real book by a Pakistani author. Read the quote, meet the book — and take the story home.
“The feeling of warmth, affection, love and harmony always begin at home and spreads to the whole world.”

“Self-conversation to fill the void of his singular life was of little effect but germinated hope of sanity none the less.”

“My mother, Hajra Khan, whose simplicity and innocence at her age keeps my faith thriving in humanity and serenity spreading within me.”

“Our village wasn't anything out of this world; just a small shabby settlement filled with people with dusty faces and houses with rusty doors.”

“The middle-aged married woman whom she calls ‘Aunty’ is the one who has no affection for her in heart, but is always geared up to collect some hot gossip about her.”

“Every time I make her drive to one of these pop-up events she leaves grouchy and refuses to come inside when she drops me back home.”

“Suffice it to say, by the time he was done, I was nothing but a self-loathed piece of filth, disgust and sins with nothing but hatred flowing through my body.”

“Maybe one of the headlights is faulty, I thought, but as the light drew nearer and nearer I realized it was not a car, it was a bike.”

“In the mountainous geographical location, winters are the time when beasts come out of their caves for hunting.”

“Your soul travelling longer than your physical presence in this life and world, it continues to live after you cease to exist.”

“Naima fought the urge to hold her brother in her arms, like the times she would assuage his pain whenever he had bruised himself all those years ago.”

“All this time, she observed a boy who was busy talking to his friend, but he kept glancing in her direction occasionally.”

“Fate suggested two paths for me — living this life with courage and seek the best ways for survival, or give up and follow the bustling crowds.”

“Life, what a beautiful lie you are, and how you conceal the fact that, behind every beautiful memory you engrave upon our souls, is a hidden stark reality.”

“' The actions, words, cognition and behaviors of others – neither our conquests nor our failures fully proclaim the truth of who we are.”

“Rape against men is a taboo topic, and Faris saw why his parents had told him to pretend nothing had happened.”

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ہ ایک ایسی لڑکی کی کہانی ہے جس کی خوش و خرم زندگی میں اچانک ہی سماعت سے محرومی داخل ہو جاتی ہے اور مشکلات اور آزمائشیں اس کے گھر کی راہ دیکھ لیتی ہیں۔ سماعت کی محرومی کا ہمت و حوصلے سے مقابلہ کرنے کی کہانی آپ میں بھی امید کی ایک نئی روح پھونک دے گی۔ اس باہمت لڑکی کی کہانی کے ساتھ ساتھ یہ کتاب اپنے اندر سماعت کے نقائص اور اس کے علاج سے متعلق بھی بیش بہا معلومات رکھتی ہے۔ اس کے علاوہ سماعت کے نقائص سے متعلق لوگوں کی کئی غلط فہمیوں کا بھی ازالہ کرتی ہے۔
Daastan, founded on the very notion of being able to tell your stories by putting one's word out there in the world as a whole, becoming a part of this universe; materializes its principles through the journey of thousands of authors we have published. One such journey is that of Mahnoor Kareem, a teenager from Rawalpindi who grew up aspiring to be an exceptional author and chose to become one of them. From finishing a book in a single day to becoming the author of one, she is a treasured Daastan-published author. In an interview, she revealed that her father used to write short stories for so
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۔
ناصر خان نے اس کتاب میں عمدہ اشعار بھی قلم بند کیے ہیں۔ ناصر خان کے اشعار میں تعلیم کے حوالے سے غیر معمولی جوش و خروش پایا جاتا ہے۔ ان کا شعری اسلوب بےحد رواں اور منفرد ہے۔ اس کتاب میں ان کی یہی خوبی نمایاں ہے