Wardhan Dara Short Story
JHELUM DARA BY GHOUS ALI BHATTI 14U00177 SECTION H 2016 BATCH OF 2018 INSTRUCTOR: MS. ZARA ZAMIR Preface The story of the fictitiously created Wardhan Dara (Jhelum Dara) created by Ghous Ali came up with the writer’s personal background history and the series of the events he had himself experienced in his childhood. The writer grew up in a joint family lifestyle in the inner city, the heart of Sialkot. After his grandfather’s death the ‘the big happy family’ started practicing intolerance among themselves. This made his father to take a decision to get a separate home from his brothers, somewhere far away than the place where the writer grew up. Everyone does has an affection with the place where they have played in their …show more content…
However, the decision had been taken at the topmost level on both sides. After high-level conferences were held a day was fixed for exchange of the lunatics. It was agreed that those Muslims who had families in India would be permitted to stay back while the rest would be escorted to the border. Since almost all the Hindus and Sikhs had migrated from Pakistan, the question of retaining non-Muslim lunatics in Pakistan did not arise. All of them were to be taken to India. Nobody knew what transpired in India, but so far as Pakistan was concerned this news created quite a stir in the lunatic asylum at Lahore, leading to all sorts of funny developments. A Muslim lunatic, a regular reader of the fiery Urdu daily Zamindar, when asked what Pakistan was, reflected for a while and then replied, "Don't you know? A place in India known for manufacturing cut-throat razors and instruments to give punishments." Apparently satisfied, the friend asked no more questions. Likewise, a Sikh lunatic asked another Sikh, "Sardar ji, why are we being deported to India? We don't even know their language." The Sikh gave a knowing smile. "But I know the language of Hindastoras" he replied. "These bloody Indians, the way they strut
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