Chapter 1
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Har jagah shor sharaba macha hua tha , cafeteria kam or chirya ghar ziyada lag rha tha , tamam bachey apne apne groups k sath bethe apni baton mein magan the, classes k baad ka break chal rha tha .
Har koi apna lunch krne mein busy tha
Yahan abhi bhai sahab ne muh k pass apna sandwich rakha hi tha k Achanak sey ek larka bhagta hua ek group ki taraf aya or bari hi khushi k sath batane laga “guys listen” uske jitne bhi dost the wo uski taraf mutawajah hue “pata hei mein aj administration office gaya tha and guess what?” Uski is bat par jinko koi bhi interest tha wo gour sey sunne lage or kuch bezari k alam mein usse dekhne lage , jab bhi koi bat hoti hei adnan phele pohounch jata hei batane k liye shayad is bar bhi koi aisi hi bat thi.
“Bhai humhari university mein transferred student araha hei wo bhi US sey” wo aise batarha tha jaise pakistan mein yeh bat pheli bar hui hei behraal jaisi halat ho rakhi hei pakistan ki shayad yeh khushi ki hi bat thi uske liye, “toh hum kia krein? Or yeh kon hote hein jo US chor kar pakistan ko chale atey hein?” Rohan ne bari bezari sey kaha tha “ek lafz or pakistan k liye or tum zinda zameen k andar gare jaoge” uske dusre dost ne bari sanjeedgi sey kaha “chill saif mazak kar rha thaa mein yaar” rohan ka jaise jee chaha wo apni zaban kaat kr kisi purani si sandook mein dalde bhala saif or iski gang sey Allah hi maaf kre “kheir guys dua kro koi haseeno jameel larki ho, maza ajayega” adnan ne topic change krte hue kaha “well humhein kaise pata wo humhare department ki hogi ya hoga?” Rohan ne agey sey kaha , itne mein bell bach gayi or sab apni classes mein jane k liye uthne lage .
Saif class k kone mein pari chair par ja betha or apne notes nikaal kar unko parhne laga itne mein professor sahab agaye or announcement krne lagey “aghh phir wahi transfer student!! Student nhi jaise koi bala ho gaye” usne bezar hote hue bina unki announcement sunte hue barbarya, “Assalam o alaikum class , i would like to announce that humhari university mein ek transfer student araha hei jo US sey apni taleem hasil krke yahan apni baki ki taleem hasil krega umeed hei ap us bache ko achey sey treat kreinge”
wo bolte chale gaye or wo yeh souchta reh gaya bhala yeh pakistanio ka ajeeb mindset kyun hota hei jab koi bahir ki country sey ata hei toh aise behave kyun krte hein jaise koi afaat aa pari ho hum pakistanio k bahir mulk jakar parhne par toh aisa kuch nhi hota hei wahan toh sab normal hi rehta hei “pathetic” wo phirse barbaraya.
Kuch waqt baad sare department k bacho ko auditorium mein ekhatta kia gaya , saif nhi gaya tha wo wahi apni jagah thehra raha usse kaheen nah jakar bhi har cheez ki khabar miljati thi isliye usne jana zaroori samjha hi nhi.
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Pure adhe gante k baad sare bachey wapis ana shuru hue the sabka rang phika para hua tha jaise koi bhoot dekh liya ho , adho k muh khule k khule , adho ki akhein khuli ki khuli .
Adnan wahan sey seedha saif k pass araha tha , sath mein rohan bhi tha or baki kuch larke bhi
Saif ki nishast k piche jo dusre students akar bethe the Wo apas mein kuch barbara rhe the ”woh zinda hei” ek ne kaha toh dusre ne agey sey kaha “akhir kaise hosakhta hei bhala?” Saif tazabzub ka shikar hua , yeh log kiski bat kr rhe the bhala?
“Wo toh pichle 3 saal phele hi mar gayi thi”
Kisi ne agey sey jawab diya , saif ki nazre niche pari kitaab par thi par uske kaan pure k pure unki baton ki taraf “saif—” adnan ki bat mukamal hi nhi hui thi k class mein koi daakhil hua.
Saif ki tawajoh jo abhi adnan par puri pari bhi nhi thi woh us insaan par ja ruki , woh andar ko dakhil hokar samne ko rukh kiye khari rahi
Uska rukh class ki taraf tha, usne sapat chehre k sath ankhein puri class mein ahista ahista kar ke ghumayi or uski ankhein saif par ja kar ruki thi
Saif ko laga wo sans nhi le payega,
Us larki ne ankhein mor li or apni nazrein jhuka li
Sarey students uss ek ko hi dekh rhe the , khubsurat si dubli patli si larki , saaf shafaaf rangat magroor naak , khubsurat shakal o surat , uski ankhein
unmein kuch tha ,wo hazel brown thin,
Kamar tak atey hue baalon mein lehrain, jaise makhmal k hoon
Uski ankhein bhot pyaari thi , qayamat bhari ankhein
“Maya Ahmer” koi barbaraya tha
“MAYA AHMER ZINDA HEI”
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