FICTION - The LINGO LEXICON - Page 54

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Farhad Dhariwal

Khalid Farhad Dhariwal, Shahzad Aslam

𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥 In this story the narrator reflects on the emotional and physical changes in her village, marked by a rift with her brother. Memories of childhood, rituals, and maternal love resurface as she visits her mother's grave. By the symbolism of cranes in flight, the story poignantly explores themes of loss, separation, and the passage of time, reflecting on how places and relationships evolve. Everything has depicted in an elegant style: “𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 — 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 — 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺,” 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

“𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 — 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 — 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣