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Big Fat Kashmiri weddings

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AoA dear Reader:) Today I am gonna share with you a story, so let's get started: A few days ago I visited a local market with my mom and cousin. While my mom was busy purchasing a few items from a store. Our attention was caught by a beautiful shop ( selling wedding items). I captured a few snaps of the shop on my phone and meanwhile, these boxes caught my attention. Trendy Dry fruit boxes. This is a new trend in the market. “Trendy Dryfruit boxes”. Said, my cousin. It has been ages since I attended a marriage ceremony (introvert u know;) I wasn't aware of the trend. Before we left the shop I clicked a few photos of these dry fruit boxes. Not because I liked them but instead because I was moved to the core. “This is extravagance, people are making life hard for themselves,”  I said to my cousin. Yeah, but what can we do? I kept quiet. Back home I was thinking about this matter for 2 whole days, I discussed this with my parents too. Now I want to share it with you, maybe t...

Last episode of Daana Paani by Umera Ahmed.

Asalmu Alaikum reader:), in this blog post I am gonna give you a summary of the last two episodes(As promised) plus an overall review of the novel Daana Paani written by umera Ahmed. Let's begin ❤ Allah wasayee refuses to kill Motia and says to her husband that it is Satan who is trying to make him lose hope in Allah's mercy. Gamu laughs and says that in a village like Jog Jivan there is no need for Satan as the people are doing his work here. On the other hand, Murad is still living in London and Mahnoor visits to live with him for a few months and returns disappointed with her son. She tells Tajwar that Murad still loves Motia and she has heard him repeating poems of love for Motia.  After a few months, a second baby boy is born to Mehnoor, but Murad refuses to come back to Pakistan as he has started practising there. In reality, he doesn't want to see the village again where he lost his first and only love. Murad thought that Motia must be a doctor now and had married so...