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kafi-farigh-yusra · 8 months

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Daada kehtay thy agar ap dono pathar k zamanay mai hotay, tw bhi aik dosray ko mil jatay.

Aab e Hayaat by Umera Ahmed

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srvyxhi · 4 months

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when Sabeen said :

Condemn the sin, not the sinner.

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sillybagelprofessortaco · 2 years

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Ana ilyas Urdu novels pdf

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zeenblr · 2 months

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I enjoy Urdu, old-fashioned romance, writing and receiving handwritten letters, admiring flowers, dressing up, capturing moments through photography, reading novels and shayari, listening to ghazals and old songs, experiencing the soft light of dawn and winter, sipping chai, holding hands, receiving forehead kisses before work, going for Sunday evening drives, enjoying street food, and watching sunsets together. Some of these activities I love doing now, while others are dreams I have for my future husband and me.

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jaanusbooktalk · 2 years

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Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi - Book Review

9.5/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟

TWs: car accident, cursing, sexism, panic attacks, abandonment

(TWs are ranked in order of severity, please take them seriously!)

Summary

“The first time Sana Khan asked out a girl-Rachel Recht--it went so badly that she never did it again. Rachel is a film buff and aspiring director, and she's seen Carrie enough times to learn you can never trust cheerleaders (and beautiful people). Rachel was furious that Sana tried to prank her by asking her on a date.

But when it comes time for Rachel to cast her senior project, she realizes that there's no more perfect lead than Sana--the girl she's sneered at in the halls for the past three years. And poor Sana--she says yes. She never did really get over that first crush, even if Rachel can barely stand to be in the same room as her.

Told in alternative viewpoints and set against the backdrop of Los Angeles in the springtime, when the rainy season rolls in and the Santa Ana's can still blow--these two girls are about to learn that in the city of dreams, anything is possible--even love.”

TL;DR Tell Me How You Really Feel is an ode to romantic comedies, following two girls on opposite sides of the social scale as they work together to make a movie and try very hard not to fall in love. Cheerleader meets film nerd, enemies to lovers.

I found this book through one of those tik tok videos where someone is flinging books off a pile at light speed under a caption “queer SA (South Asian) books you need to read”. I absolutely love those videos, even though they test my screenshotting abilities.

It’s been a while since I updated this blog(?) and that’s because I’ve been very busy finishing out the school year and reading every gay book I could get my hands on over the course of pride month. I will be posting reviews of those books soon, but in a quick review so far this month I’ve read:

• Last Night At The Telegraph Club

• Unearthed (graphic novel)

• Café con Leche

• Eighty Days (graphic novel)

• Tell Me How You Really Feel (this review!)

• The Raven Cycle (yes all 4 books, no I will not be reviewing)

Honorable mention: All 50 episodes of The Untamed (SUCH a good cdrama) & Season 1 of Stranger Things

I’ve realized over the course of this book binge that I prefer my enemies to lovers to have good reasoning - or at least understandable reasoning on both sides. My favorite part is seeing how that can morph into love without either realizing until it’s too late *cue evil laughter*

Tell Me How You Really Feel does that perfectly. I especially loved how it was written - the characters were flawed, raw and dynamic, and the writing style reminded me of books by Nicola Yoon (The Sun is Also a Star, Everything Everything). The romance isn’t necessarily the focus - it’s shoved in on the shelf along with everything else happening in the characters lives. The story simply starts (ish) and ends with the life of their romance within that.

And because this is a gay high school romance between a cheerleader and a film nerd, of course there are a million movie references, from Pakeezah to Pretty in Pink.

Meena Kumari 😩🧎🏽‍♀️

But real quick, let’s talk

Representation

Sana Khan and Rachel Recht, the main characters, are both into women. Although their sexualities aren’t explicitly stated, this part is made very clear.

Sana is desi, and Persian and Indian if I remember correctly? Her family is very mixed and has a lot of languages (Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, French, etc). She is second-gen American, while I’m pretty sure Rachel is first-gen (at least on her mom’s side).

Rachel is Mexican and Jewish, and her family consists of just her and her father (and their larger community) in comparison to Sana’s many cousins and aunties/uncles. Her full name is Rachel Consuela Recht, which I’m guessing is to show her mixed cultures.

For Sana I can somewhat call this an own voices review on representation, but please keep in mind the Indian (and larger desi community) is not a monolith & we won’t all agree on my own interpretation.

What I really liked about representation for Sana and her family was it is very women-centric. Her grandmother, Mamani, is very clearly the matriarch, and Farrah, Sana’s mom, is a single mother working in the film industry. In western literature desi culture is typically portrayed as oppressing women, especially in Muslim households, but this stereotype is flipped on its head by Sana’s family. It also showed how within a religion certain family members can be more religious than others - Sana & her Mamani are more religious (praying regularly, not drinking, etc) while Farrah is less so - and there’s no negative connotation on it.

Rachel and Sana both engage in religious holidays over the course of the book (Norwuz for Sana, Passover for Rachel). Since I’m neither Muslim or Jewish, it was interesting to learn more about the holidays and how they’re celebrated.

Single parenting rep (Rachel raised by her dad, Sana raised by her mom) was also really good. As someone being raised by a single mom & at one point a single dad, the struggle is portrayed really well.

Finally, I love that Sana fills the character of pretty perfect Gilmore-girls-esque cheerleader. Brown women don’t often get to be portrayed as lovely and soft and also raw and real at the same time. It really hit my heart 💗 Sana’s features are seen as beautiful by everyone around her - like a commonly accepted fact. She’s the official “pretty girl” of her school - and so much more beneath that.

What I Loved:

Aside from the good rep, the way the book is written is just ✨ poetic ✨

“Sana smiled, and suddenly Rachel understood every stupid love poem comparing the beloved to the sun.”

HOW DO I RECOVER??

Mainly though, I think this book came at the right time for me. Sana’s situation was really relatable to me, and her storyline actually helped me figure out some stuff in my own life (no spoilers!)

If you’re worried about the future, or planning to become a doctor or lawyer - read this book.

I’m also a sucker for big movie style gestures so this was a plus. I could see how the book was going to end generally way before the end, and that made it more of a comfort read than an “intellectual” read. I loved the character development as well - some serious words of wisdom in there!

As someone who wants to go to college in LA, and can’t afford to visit, this is as close as it gets to seeing what life there is like for me 😂 I’m curious to see what those Santa Anas feel like!

Why I couldn’t give it a 10:

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Rachel’s character to be honest. She hated Sana so much at the beginning, for something that had happened in their freshman year (the story takes place in their senior year). I could understand animosity, but it was another level. It made me think Rachel had anger issues - she seemed really self pitying and insecure. Which would have been fine - I’m all for character development - if she had realized that. But Rachel never seemed to come to terms with the fact that she had treated Sana like sh*t at every turn for nearly 4 years. It’s not that they don’t fall in love (this is a love story) but she doesn’t really feel remorseful for how she acted.

On set, when she’s directing the crew, the way she treated them reminded me of Michael Scott from the Office 😭

I also wish there had been more focus on the other characters in the book. Farrah, Sana’s mom, and Daniel, Rachel’s dad, kind of felt like glorified plot devices, especially near the end. Same goes for Diesel, Sana’s so-called best friend. We don’t actually see a lot of their relationship aside from Diesel giving her rides from school and then playing video games with her. In the end, his purpose was also a little plot device-y, a little serving the main ship, etc.

I liked that Diesel subverted the dumb insensitive jock trope, but I would have loved to see more of him and Maddie (another cheerleader)!

^unrelated but I love this scene (very scary cheerleader)

Overall, the book was a satisfying beach read (as in, I literally read it on the beach). Feel good, decent character development (on Sana’s part), and it gave me something I’d really been searching for: an enemies to lovers story between queer women of color in high school. Like babe- this is my niche!!

And yes, I cried at the end.

I sincerely recommend to fans of:

The Sun is Also A Star

Everything Everything

Movies (if you’re a movie nerd, you’re going to get wayy more of these references than I did)

But I’m A Cheerleader (movie)

Sense 8 (show) especially if you like the wlw couple

Most of my reviews for this month are going to be LGBTQ+ stories between PoC 🏳️‍🌈 so stay tuned!

#book review #bipocbookstagram #poc books #booklr #diverse reads #lgbtq books #tell me how you really feel #aminah mae safi #lets go lesbians #everything everything #the sun is also a star #queer enemies to lovers #enemiestolovers #cheerleader #film nerd #happy pride 🌈#queer bipoc #queer desi

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muslimintp-1999-girl · 2 years

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Once you have read fanfictions and urdu novels, modern day English romance novels just can't compare

#they're always so full of teenagers having sex #and the writing is also not up there #fanfics and urdu novels really raise your standards for not only men but also most importantly for writing pieces lol #the bar is set too high

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metamatar · 2 years

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THE LAST BOOK.... TAG

Thank you @juncosracing for the tag ::)

last book I bought: Tomb of Sand by Gitanjali Shri, in the original Hindi. My Urdu vocabulary needs a lot of work so I’m only halfway through it. I think it’s a lovely book, esp because it upsets what I thought about the kind of Indian novel that gets shortlisted for the Booker. I almost never buy books that exist as ebooks I haven’t already read but I am glad I made an exception.

was gifted: Mary Oliver’s Devotions and Gautam Bhatia’s The Horizon (Book #2 after The Wall, fantasy I highly rec!)

gave/lent someone: I gifted a copy of Masala Lab: The Science of Indian Cooking to a friend who is going abroad!

started: life has been hard, so I have started self soothing by started on a long overdue reread of City Watch from Discworld. Otherwise I’m supposed to be reading Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present for my reading group.

finished: Truthful answer is Men at Arms, aka City Watch #2 which I just finished before typing this out. New book I last finished was Russia in Revolution, Stephen Smith, which covers the 1890-1920 period.

gave 5 stars: so I don’t really rate books in any way but if you’re in the mood for gay period romance/thriller I read KJ Charles’ Think of England on @thelittlebirdthatkeptsomanywarm‘s rec.

gave 2 stars: I thought An Unquiet Mind was pretty meh. I don’t know what I was expecting from a memoir about mental illness but I just disagreed with it’s politics.

didn’t finish: The Terror, Dan Simmons. I really liked the TV Series but the racism started getting to me so I gave it up. Like officially. Put it in my abandoned list. Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang hasn’t been touched in the last 7 months cause it was lagging a bit in the middle

tagging: @bauliya @hungerpunch @charlesxcx @theburialofstrawberries and anyone else who wants to do this :)

#tag game #books

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gelaniqit · 2 years

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Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Novels in Urdu: A Literary Journey

Urdu, a language that has evolved over centuries, carries with it a rich cultural heritage, and one of the most captivating aspects of this linguistic treasure trove is its novelistic tradition. Urdu novels have carved a distinctive niche in the world of literature, blending the beauty of language with intricate storytelling. This article aims to delve into the vibrant world of Novels in Urdu, exploring their historical roots, notable authors, and the enduring impact they have had on readers worldwide.

Historical Roots:

The history of Urdu novels can be traced back to the 19th century when the British colonial presence in the Indian subcontinent influenced the literary landscape. Mirza Hadi 'Ruswa' is often credited with penning the first Urdu novel, "Umrao Jan Ada," in 1899. The novel, set in the cultural milieu of Lucknow, epitomizes the Urdu storytelling tradition, seamlessly blending poetic expression with prose.

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Despite the rich literary heritage, Urdu novels faced challenges in the wake of socio-political changes in the subcontinent. However, the digital age has ushered in a new era for Urdu literature. Online platforms and e-books have provided a global platform for emerging writers, revitalizing the Urdu novel scene.

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Between Clay and Dust

Between clay and Dust tell the story of two

characters: an aged wrestler who's struggling with the passing down of his title to his brother, and a beautiful prostitute with a prestigious past, both living in a small city in Pakistan, both coming to terms with the slow decay of their power.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 26 July 1968) is a Pakistani-Canadian author, translator, and storyteller. Farooqi was among the five writers shortlisted for Asia's most prestigious literary prize in 2012.[1] In addition to his fiction and translation projects, he is working on establishing an Urdu language publishing program specializing in children's literature and classics. He founded the publishing house KITAB (2012), launched the online index Urdu Thesaurus (2016), and designed the interactive storytelling and reading initiative STORYKIT Program (2016). These three projects have been integrated in an activity-based learning program for children

A finalist for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize

"The book works like an ache in the heart.... A story that purports to be about decay resounds with the stuff of life. This is a book to be savored like a fine single malt."

—Forbes India

"A crisp and elegiac novel….Farooqi’s atmospheric prose is spare and lucid."

The Hero

In a ruined city after the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Ustad Ramzi is still famed as a wrestler of unparalleled strength and technique

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the angel of history. The storm called progress is blowing him into the future. It is piling wreckage at his feet, but there is so much to be done between clay and dust: as this marvelous novel shows, language is to be practiced with the rigor of style; gesture supported by graciousness; ordinary life to be rescued by ritual; and nostalgia distilled into knowledge."

A crisp and elegiac novel….Farooqi’s atmospheric prose is spare and lucid."

Farooqi’s spare prose, his deliberate understatedness makes his work as much about what it doesn’t say as what it does…. The book works like an ache in the heart, evoking cultures and values that, while not necessarily perfect, represented something larger than the self; their replacements, by contrast, are small and mean…. The pages come alive with the grunts of the trainee pehelwans and capture the last echoes of Gohar Jan’s sitar. A story that purports to be about decay resounds with the stuff of life. This is a book to be savoured like a fine single malt.”

Farooqi traces the unravelling of their world with near-uncanny attentiveness….Farooqi’s narrative voice is cool and hypnotic… Farooqi’s true victory in this book is Ustad Ramzi, a patriarch who evokes both our sympathy and our discomfort. His sins may seem smaller than those of a society rushing headlong into the future, but Farooqi’s writing is too wise and too elegant to make this a romance instead of a tragedy. As in Syed’s poem, we are left with the notion that every history is underwritten by the minute, private failures of human beings.”

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paulycastillosblog · 1 year

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Between Clay and Dust

Between clay and Dust tell the story of two

characters: an aged wrestler who's struggling with the passing down of his title to his brother, and a beautiful prostitute with a prestigious past, both living in a small city in Pakistan, both coming to terms with the slow decay of their power.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 26 July 1968) is a Pakistani-Canadian author, translator, and storyteller. Farooqi was among the five writers shortlisted for Asia's most prestigious literary prize in 2012.[1] In addition to his fiction and translation projects, he is working on establishing an Urdu language publishing program specializing in children's literature and classics. He founded the publishing house KITAB (2012), launched the online index Urdu Thesaurus (2016), and designed the interactive storytelling and reading initiative STORYKIT Program (2016). These three projects have been integrated in an activity-based learning program for children

A finalist for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize

"The book works like an ache in the heart.... A story that purports to be about decay resounds with the stuff of life. This is a book to be savored like a fine single malt."

—Forbes India

"A crisp and elegiac novel….Farooqi’s atmospheric prose is spare and lucid."

The Hero

In a ruined city after the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Ustad Ramzi is still famed as a wrestler of unparalleled strength and technique

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the angel of history. The storm called progress is blowing him into the future. It is piling wreckage at his feet, but there is so much to be done between clay and dust: as this marvelous novel shows, language is to be practiced with the rigor of style; gesture supported by graciousness; ordinary life to be rescued by ritual; and nostalgia distilled into knowledge."

A crisp and elegiac novel….Farooqi’s atmospheric prose is spare and lucid."

Farooqi’s spare prose, his deliberate understatedness makes his work as much about what it doesn’t say as what it does…. The book works like an ache in the heart, evoking cultures and values that, while not necessarily perfect, represented something larger than the self; their replacements, by contrast, are small and mean…. The pages come alive with the grunts of the trainee pehelwans and capture the last echoes of Gohar Jan’s sitar. A story that purports to be about decay resounds with the stuff of life. This is a book to be savoured like a fine single malt.”

Farooqi traces the unravelling of their world with near-uncanny attentiveness….Farooqi’s narrative voice is cool and hypnotic… Farooqi’s true victory in this book is Ustad Ramzi, a patriarch who evokes both our sympathy and our discomfort. His sins may seem smaller than those of a society rushing headlong into the future, but Farooqi’s writing is too wise and too elegant to make this a romance instead of a tragedy. As in Syed’s poem, we are left with the notion that every history is underwritten by the minute, private failures of human beings.”

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