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A Day In The Life Of

Hira Nabi March 3, 2004

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#16 Posted by Nadia_Zehra on March 11, 2004 4:17:33 am
I think I have heard of Dolly Auntie...She exists somewhere...A friend in College used to talk about Dolly Auntie...
Aur Every city has a Dollly Auntie of her own, like a most popular cinema, a seven star Resturant, A wonderful Libray a big university and a Dolly Auntie...
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#15 Posted by abshaar on March 10, 2004 6:58:27 pm
had a good start but seems it was written in a hurry!! a little more time spent in evolving it , will make it more expressive.
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#14 Posted by sairaq on March 9, 2004 1:08:09 pm
I found it quite funny. But... see theres always a but. Isn`t it the ultimate stereotype?
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#13 Posted by Sobia on March 8, 2004 6:40:06 am
ijaz, i do write articles on chowk.
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#12 Posted by ijaz_gul on March 7, 2004 7:38:26 am
I wonder what this is? Melo Drama, Satire, Houmour or what? You have the substance, plot and the idea. Perhaps it was written in a hurry.

Nonetheless, it is a true reflection of our nouvelle rich cartel.

#11 by aaria I agree, there ought to be a message like the day two of her life . Thats the reflection of the mirror.

#10 by Sobia Like a true media person, you betray yourself with MASALA etc. I have liked your ILogs. Wish you write articles.

Do read

http://www.chowk.com/show_search_result.cgi?search_file=X0zmhGLAxxND&start=0&end=2&chapter=1&page=1&line_count=2
You may have something to say

All The Best
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#11 Posted by aaria on March 5, 2004 12:42:46 pm
I missed something obviously. This sounds incomplete. Where`s Day two in Dolly Auntie`s life?
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#10 Posted by Sobia on March 5, 2004 6:33:58 am
Hmm...i wanted more... more masala, more spice...this piece seems partially done and frankly, the topic is trite and boring. You`ve written better articles before!
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#9 Posted by HumaMir on March 4, 2004 2:02:43 pm
Hi Hira - I like how you have taken a segment out of Dolly`s life and that there is not necessarily a beginning or an ending. In keeping with that, perhaps it would have been better if you did not let your own judgement caste dolly in one way or the other, and let the readers decide for themselves what they thought of her.
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#8 Posted by moulabux on March 4, 2004 2:02:43 pm
color your world red, and stop envying dolly auntie.
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#7 Posted by acloudysky on March 4, 2004 2:02:42 pm
hira, its a decent attempt. the character you`ve drawn is quite close to real life socialites.
the good thing is, all of us who read your piece, could immediately fit her into our own frame of references and almost picture her.
but the ending is where we loose the thread.
like faiza said, is there more to it?
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#6 Posted by faizahussain on March 4, 2004 11:32:10 am
Hello Hira Sahiba
Dolly auntie reminds me of ``begumats.`` Well I get the tone of sarcasm but is there more to this? Take care.
Faiza Hussain
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#5 Posted by soundmeister on March 4, 2004 12:00:13 am
Is this one of those commie pieces where you`re supposed to hold the likes of dolly auntie in high contempt? If it is, it`s passe.

And poor Dolly seems to be leading a nice enough life, she`s faithful to her husband, works out regularly, watches her diet, has an active social life
what`s the problem?
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#4 Posted by ahsanshamim on March 3, 2004 11:24:10 pm
when is the next day`s episode due?

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#3 Posted by ZahraJ on March 3, 2004 7:18:46 pm
Well, I was waiting to come to reading some interesting details about Dolly Auntie. I think the writer had intended to be critical of Dolly Auntie but resisted to share her exact critique.

Otherwise, what is so special. A workholic can write a day in her/his life and show equal or more pride in that ...the logic seems to be missing here.

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#2 Posted by storyteller on March 3, 2004 6:19:21 pm
god!! i think i know dollie auntie.
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#1 Posted by rozaiba on March 3, 2004 6:19:21 pm
this piece reads like it`s only partially done.
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Interact Index

    #16 Nadia_Zehra
    #15 abshaar
    #14 sairaq
    #13 Sobia
    #12 ijaz_gul
    #11 aaria
    #10 Sobia
    #9 HumaMir
    #8 moulabux
    #7 acloudysky
    #6 faizahussain
    #5 soundmeister
    #4 ahsanshamim
    #3 ZahraJ
    #2 storyteller
    #1 rozaiba

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