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SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Salma Sanam

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𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 A short story that narrates the devastations of the second Civil War in Liberia. Salma Sanam has very deftly depicted these destruction faced by the people of Liberia. Even a cursory glance over the following extracts urges to read the full story: 𝘜𝘨𝘩! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴… 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 — 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥, 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵… 𝘜𝘨𝘩!! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐳𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 A story of those who migrate to the developed countries to make their families thrive. It takes years to understand that the blood relations thriving on their labour transform into parasites. It is a collective tragedy of the society which value wealth more than anything else. Shazhad Aslam says: “𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.” See an extract from the story: 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴….“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?”…𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺; 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

𝙐𝙜𝙝! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙧… 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙨… 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 …..

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