Every line below lives inside a real book by a Pakistani author. Read the quote, meet the book — and take the story home.
““You are a beauty,” murmured Elijah, moving his hand forward, without fear of the flame he touched the blazing snake.”

“The President looked surprised and promised Sam that by tonight the so-called freedom fighters will get the best reply ever.”

“Another worth mentioning thing is that before starting doing Abaya I used to do Hijab on certain occasions.”

“If you are watching this then it means that you have completed your quest and now you are peacefully back to your own world.”

“Hardness is the extent of how resistant a solid body is to permanent shape changes when force is applied on it.”

““So much to do, it’s time to gear up,” he thought as he sipped off his coffee on the way to his car.”

“Its performance is pathetically abysmal in achieving a satisfactory tax-to-GDP ratio [at 8.2% it is one of the lowest in the world].”

“Joesph apparently gave no expression but her words set somewhere deep in his heart, but perhaps he was among those who just simply needed time.”

“Leila muttered an almost inaudible thank you, and busied herself in gobbling down chicken biryani- life is not always bad, she thought as she helped herself with another heaping serving spoon.”

“Not that she was scared that he may change his mind, but somehow she always had been so tight lipped that she just couldn't talk about it.”

“My rationale, warped by the fantastical world I constantly delved myself in since I was five, had been the death of me.”

“As he slipped out for the third time, I sank down and collapsed on the ground, my chest heaving with the effort.”

“A Software Engineer by profession, Zena Vatsa is a feminist and thus a strong believer of women rights over freedom.”

Our authors, in their own words and in the press.
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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۔
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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۔