FICTION
Charismatic Amulet
โFLASH FICTION by Naheed Gul
(Tanslated from Urdu by Najam-uddin Ahmad)
A
large number of devoted women had been visiting and going out of the threshold
of the Pir Jiโs (abbotโs) spiritual hospice. His amulet carried the miraculous
powers to lead the husbands to the right path to be faithful with their wives
within days.
Women,
who were victims of their husbandsโ infidelity, were offering green and blue
currency notes in exchange for the miraculous amulets.
A woman, wrapped in a black cloak,
extended a piece of paper towards the Pir Ji instead of currency notes. As soon
as he read it, the charismatic amulet fell down at the feet of his divorced
daughter from the hands of the Pir Ji.
โฆ.
(Translated
from URDU
by
Najam-uddin Ahmad)
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Naheed Gul
Born in August 1980 and is an MA Urdu Literature and M.Ed. Naheed Gul is a former Tutor at Allama Iqbal Open University and former Government School Teacher. She is also a Poet, Prose Writer, Columnist, Essay Writer, Humorist, Story writer for Children. Naheed Gul has published her poetry book โFarishta To Nahi Hoonโ (Iโm Not an Angel), a book of essays โToba Tek Singh โ Yaโdein Aur Bateinโ (Toba Tek Singh โ Memories and Talks), Children’s Literature Book โJaโdui Qalmโ (Magical Pen)โ and recently she has published her book of flash fiction โCheh Megoiyanโ (Frivolous Chats).ย Currently, she is focused on writing fiction/flash fiction.
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Najam-uddin Ahmad
Born on June 02, 1971, is an Urdu novelist and short story writer. He did his masters in English Literature from Islamia University, Bahawalpur in 1996. He has published three novel: Mudfun (The Burials) in 2006, Khoj (The Explore) in 2016, and Saheem (The Partners) in 2019, and two collections of short stories: Aao Bhai Khelein (Brother, Letโs play) in 2013 and Fraar aur Doosray Afsanay (Flee and other short stories) in 2017. Presently, he has been working on his Urdu novel, Mena Jeet. A collection of Urdu Short Stories is also expected soon. He is also renowned for his translations from English into Urdu. He has seven books of translations on his credit. Among other translations, he has recently translated the famous Turk epic โThe Book of Dede Korkutโ into Urdu, published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. He has also translated a good number of Urdu short stories into English.
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