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𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 / 𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧 — 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 A short story that depicts the dying traditions of the India, cutting of trees which harmful for both human life and forestry, and that has caused global warming and environmental / ecological changes, choosing of their spouses by the girls while dancing before deity, exploits of the landlords, governmental poor policies. “…𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘒𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳.” And “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.” .... Read full short story in The LINGO LEXICON

The Bamboo Man — SHORT STORY by Salma Sanam

𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙖, 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙆𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧.

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𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 Early 20th century saw a severe outbreak of famine and plague in Indian subcontinent. A huge mountain formed by city’s refuse was presumed to have skeletons of plague victims which were thrown here and a new housing society is being built by removing the mound. As narrated by the writer the circumstances were: 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴... .... Read full short story in The LINGO LEXICON.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨!
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚.

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𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 - 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 23, 𝘼 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 — 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏 (𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. — 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏) The story is about a little girl who was going enthusiastically to attend the celebrations of April 23 — National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (declared by Mustafa Kamal Ataturk) — but a day before the celebrations her mother fells ill and is admitted to the hospital before sewing her ritual costume. 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏 has deftly depicted the feelings and sufferings of the little girl. “𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩.”And “𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘬...” .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Selma Aydın

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟑 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲.

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𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥 The story has been narrated in flash back. It portrays a mother’s longing for her daughter — Munni — who, after marriage, lives distant. Reveals the deep bonds between mothers and daughters and a poignant meditation on motherhood, love, separation, and changing family dynamics. The protagonist is confronted with her own feelings of displacement in the very home she once ruled: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! The story tells us the social tragedy eloquently: 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴? .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Farhad Dhariwal

𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞’𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧; 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙄 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙞𝙣-𝙡𝙖𝙬 ….

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𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝘣𝘺 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐦-𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝 Gabriel García Márquez like magical realism. The story opens with the gripping dialogue of the patient with his doctor: “𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰… 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵… 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵… 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” The short story is about a CORONA patient in Wuhan (China) during the COVID-19 and he is fond of watching the sunsets daily. He expresses his wish to the doctor see the last sunset of his life before his death. The doctor respects his wish because he knows that the patient won't live more than a few days but.... .... Read full short story in The LINGO LEXICON.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Najam-uddin Ahmad

“𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤… 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩… 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩… 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.”
𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 …..

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