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Charismatic Amulet

Charismatic Amulet

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A large number of devoted women had been visiting and going out of the threshold of the Pir Ji’s (abbot’s) 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 husbands’ 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.

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(Translated from Urdu by Najam-uddin Ahmad)

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A large number of devoted women had been visiting and going out of the threshold of the Pir Ji’s (abbot’s) 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 husbands’ 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.

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(Translated from Urdu by Najam-uddin Ahmad)

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  • Born in August 1980 and is an MA Urdu Literature and M.Ed. She 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. She has published her poetry book“𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘢 𝘛𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘯” (I’m Not an Angel), a book of essays “𝘛𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘬 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩 — 𝘠𝘢’𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯” (Toba Tek Singh — Memories and Talks), Children's Literature Book“𝘑𝘢’𝘥𝘶𝘪 𝘘𝘢𝘭𝘮”(Magical Pen)” and recently she has published her book of flash fiction“𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯”(Frivolous Chats). Currently, she is focused on writing fiction/flash fiction.

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  • Najam-uddin Ahmad is Urdu novelist and short story writer. 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, Let’s 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 into Urdu. Among other translations, he has recently translated the famous Turk epic “The Book of Dede Korkut” into Urdu, published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. He has also translated a number of Urdu short stories into English. He has been bestowed with Pakistan Writers Guild Award, 2013 (𝘈𝘢𝘰 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘒𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯), 7th UBL Excellence Award, 2017 (Translation of selected short stories of Nobel Laureates), and National Award of Translation, 2019 by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. His Novel 𝘒𝘩𝘰𝘫 was also short listed for 7th UBL Excellence Award, 2017.

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Haseeb
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Great

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