Fathers and Daughters

Glad to see it here on FP as well.

BTW, did you submit the article as such without the poem, or was that removed?

Hey, no that wasn't removed, I didn't add that to this one. Yeah it feels great to see this here. I wanted it as the sequel to "Cry of Karachi," My city has a lot more than its rain, its got the sea :- )

Thanks Chowk, for letting Karachi roll on the waves.

معرآج

Hauntingly touching, sensitive & intimate with full of emotion, feelings & honesty.

Very well written. I hear that a daughter's love for parent far exceeds the Sons. (I wish I had a daughter)

NHK

NHK, here you can have me, I belong to this community.
An absence is cruel, is it not?

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A very captivating and haunting narrative. Being a father of two daughters growing of age and reasoning, I assure you the other side is far more complicated and solitary. Its like a hundred miles deep Ocean, very calm at the top, but what goes on deep down, very difficult to fathom.
Father and daughter is a communication that never is.Unlike a husband and wife, no one wishes to score brownies. Its that sense of loosing out that creates that strange feeling.
Ami keyay tu roze aa ja
Abuu bolay aitwar ni
Bhaiya boley na thein
Bhena chup rahien
Bhabi boli kabi kabar
Ni Babal

"and said: “one comes back to one’s roots.� I despised his response. It was allowing me freedom, but only at the cost of a certainty I couldn’t really care for."

That's the best description of being young I've read. It's interesting that when one is young this particular thought makes one so angry!

lol Rabia, we were the ones with the silver bangles, and they, the ones with the cash and cures. ; )

I do protest, Mr. Gul, we have quite a side of our own..you should visit some time. :P

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http://pkpolitics.com/2008/09/29/live-with-talat-29-september-2008/

that was a great news from bajour tribes.......kill the Talibanis and their educated PAki supporters ....

oh its laddu again, 'off' as usual. Phir se parho, unpardh, jahil.

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Re: # 7
not understood

Gul Sahib, mei iss jumlei ka zikr kar rahee thee...

"I assure you the other side is far more complicated and solitary."

Rabia's comment was from 'the opposite' side.

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Re: # 9

Jahil hun to poochoh Abu Bakr se.......uske dil par kya beeti thi .....

Laddu yaar,

I know you're hurting my good man, I know the muslims wronged you and your ancestors, magar mairay bhai, just leave one or two places where you participate with the topic and context at hand and let the pakis handle themselves :)

Now, let's try again.

ty

laddu yar
tang na kar

Re: # 5; ijaz sahib

I haven't quite got to your stage but observe with interest the little schemes and manipulations etc gradually progressing into an artform in its own right! .... I only hope it gets better though don't hold my breath ....

as for the article, like I stated on your ilog Fatima, beautifully written!