Timepass December 2014 (Bheega Huwa Mosam)

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Re: Timepass December 2014 (Bheega Huwa Mosam)

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It started late. i didn’t attend the Ateeqa one, but attended one of Aitzaz Ahsan and then of Zahida Hina and then of Agha Salim. Enjoyed first and last, but in Zahida Hina’s penal Azra Abbas ne wo poetry paRhi hai ke agar TS hota to usko heart attack ho jana tha.

Actually, I was making list of novel to buy from expo next week. There were some novels by Jumhoori Publications Lahore, so going thru their facebook page I saw about this festival. I also bought 10-12 books (10 from Jamhoori with 50% discount except a book by Hashwani which is disliked by Zardari and no discount was given on this book). Also bought 2 books from Oxford, they were giving 25% discount and had little collection. Daniyal wale bhi aae the , but they were just given 15% discount.

10 baje nikla tha ghar se. abhi aaya hoon. But it was worth it. good discussions. Abhi Zia Muhudin Iqbal ki poetry paRh rahe the. After 9, Tina Sani will be singing.

List of books I bought:

Jumhoori Publication:

1. Main Pakistan main India ka jaoos tha (by Mohan Laal Bhaskar)
2. Istanbul by J A Kidn
3. Gumaan (novel by Arshad Waheed - Best novel of 1995 as per Herald)
4. Sach ka Safar (Sadrudin Hashwani - Uncle Zardari is )
5. A tribute to Rumi by Dr Affan Sljug (This one is publiched by Rumi Foundation who arranged this festival)
6. Turkey hi Turkey (by Farrukh Suhail Gowindi)
7. The fall of Mughal Empire of Hindustan by H. G. Keene (This is history after Aurangzeb till British)
8. Balochistan - Azadi se Subai Be-ikhtiyari tak by Ahmed Saleem (something for knowing what the actual issue with Balochs)
9. MahaRaja Porus (Aitzaz Ahsan said that it was Porus who defeated Alexandra)
10. Jungle Mian Mangle (Novel by Anees Ahmed). This is conversation between animal what went wrong with Pakistan in different periods of history. This got Khalid Award award
11. 71 ke wo Din - Jahan Ara Aram (story of Bengladesh from neutral perspective)

From Oxford:

1. Majmooa Muhammad Khalid Aktar (this include Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s favorite novel ChakiwaRa main Wisaal and two other novels Muskrata huwa Budh and Bees sau Giyarah)

2. Karachi our stories in our words

its interesting, btw i read the list of jumhoori publication’s books in today’s dawn…