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Sadqay Jaaon main Firo’n key Aaya Jee 
main aur khiysyana 
waisay sun kar khushi hoi 
keonkah dheetoon main maira pahla number hota tha kabhi 
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Damishq k qaid khaane mein
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complete it… Damishk k Qaid Khanay ma by Anayaatallah…
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http://www.pakbooks.com/509/ahad-e-nabvi-ka-tamadun
Ahad-e-Nabvi Main Tamadun
Very interesting and informative book telling about the food, clothes, celebration of events that prevail in 6th and 7th century Hejaz during the time of Prophet (SAW). The source for these matters in Quran and Hadees.
Some interesting aspects, I have come across by going through few chapters:
i) There were ‘tandoor’ in Arab society and ‘nanbai / bakers’ were called Khabbab. Many households used to prepare saalan at home and sent aata to these Khabab. Khababs were of two types.. Tandoor were of two types. First owned by those khabab who bake roti for public against some payment. Secondly, some tandoors were shared by few families. Prophet (SAW) shared tandoor with a sahabiya Hazrat Umm e Hisham (RA).
ii) The main food of Arabs was meat. They used to have meat on daily basis and at least one course (main meal of the day) contained meat. Vegetables were not common in Makka, but were cultivated in Medina and also imported from Syria, etc.
iii) Most used meat was mutton, which was less expensive than camel’s meat. Camel was expensive due to its size and normally its meat was used on occasions like aqiqa, weddings and qurbani.
iv) In Makka, roti made from wheat was limited to elite class. In Medina, they normally used jo (barley) ki roti and Prophet (SAW) didn’t have wheat roti during his stay Meidna at Medina, except for few occasions.
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Reminds me Cafe game.. Baby in Jail (urf Qaid main hai Bulbul) 
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2sri dafa parh raha hoon:smokin2:
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Humre se pehle ki baat hogi
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waja? pehli dafa samajh main nahin aai thi?
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dobara parhne ka shauq hua
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Oh gosh, I know Kinsella has a huge fan following, but I couldn’t really get into her books, don’t find her as funny. I am thinking of trying out one if Helen Fielding’s books, the author if Bridget Jones’ Diary.
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^^ agreed. Very cookie cutter.
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Mainda Saeen by Tahmina Durrani yah mainda Maindha to naheen hay kaheen
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Culture ke Roohani Annasir by Daud Rehbar
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Manto-Bombay Stories
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Saadat Hussain Manto?
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Giving another go to “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth 
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That sounds interesting RV…is it available in English translation?
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It is in English
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/books/review/bombay-stories-by-saadat-hasan-manto.html?_r=0
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Oh ok…I just googled it and saw that it was written in urdu…didn’t see that NYT article. I’ll order it from Amazon 
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@Muqaw: Yes, that’s one.
@Khatti: Yes, it’s in English. Simple, blunt writing…not an arduous read at all. Got it from the public library. Did not enjoy A Suitable Boy. One attempt was enough.