Those who can read urdu …
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“qismat qad naap kar naematein taqseem nahin karti”…
“hum se koshish ke bawajood bad-parhezi hoti rahee”… 
“ghalib sahab ka likh ato shayed woh khud bhee nahin samajh saktay… phir khud jaanay poora deewan kyoon likh maara”… 
“aik din unhon ne kaani aankh se razia ko dekh liya thaa or phir dil me ahd kar liya thaa keh daarhi kia cheez hai, lawh-o-qalam teray hain”…
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“qibla main barrister sahab ke ghar larki parhanay jaon ga ya juma parhanay”
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karnal M. Khan is one of my favorites writter...
"angrezi khaana urdu maiN khaa lenaa" aur "chamchaY kaY saath mutter gosht maiN mutter gusht karnaa" jaisaY creative jumlaY, sirf unn hee kaa khaasaa hai:)
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I first read it a long time back, maybe more than a decade ago.
Some pieces of writing makes you giggle endlessly, this is one of them.
I am diehard fan of Ibn-e-insha. His poetry and prose both are superb, although his porse is 100% humour and fun although poetry is romantic, deep and spellbounnding.
I now realize that the text book for urdu in 9th 10th grade (Muraqa-e-adab) in pakistan was really good quality collection of literary work in urdu.
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This is so true… After reading “kuttay” aur “SaweraY jo kal aankh meri khulli” made me get “Patras kay mazaameen” and read it fully…
similarly, “Madam Tusaao kaa Momi ajaaib ghar,” “London,” and likes made me read Ibn-e-Insha …
“Khuaja Sug parast” made me read the whole story of “Qissa chahaar dervaish” by Meer Amman Dehlvi…
The list is endless…
I actually ended up reading books of Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Mushtaq Yousufi, Ata-ul-Haq Qasimi, A. Hameed, Mustansar Hussain Tarrar and God knows how many…
Urdu is a great language!!!
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Wonderful… 
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:k:…Thanks for sharing that…
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Awesome! though I think I misread most of the big words and have no clue what they mean, it still was a great read!
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I dont understand whats going on and i dunno anything but the title of thsi thread “Yeh na thi hamari kismat” .. i luv this sentence, jus goin by the words n my mood, its very sad and haunting and makes me wanna read more.. 
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aise na thi hamari qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota... :p
ager ho jata visaal to phir khana hi kharab hota.. :D
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aur kush hota na hota yeh(khana kharab) to zaroor hota
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You can ask about each and every word that you found difficult. I will gladly translate it and will try to pronounce it in roman urdu.
This is an open offer for everyone 
Sara - There is nothing sad in the story, it is amusing piece of literature. Called mazahia adab.
If you are interested in reading urdu, i can refer you very easy and short stories.
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I know, i gather from the responses here its quite humurous.. but the words itsself r sad to me.. or maybe im jus sad :p
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thx for the nice read.
But when it comes to Tanz-o-Mizah, i believe no one can beat Shafiq-Ur-Rehman.