السلام علیکم! شبانہ مختار کی پہلی کاوش کتاب “اف یہ لڑکی”کی شکل میں آن لائن شائع ہونے جارہی ہے۔ یہ اشاعت سر بکف پبلیکیشنز کے ذریعے اٹھائیس اپریل 2018 کو شام ساڑھے چھ بجے ہوگی۔ قوی امید ہے کہ آپ کو یہ کاوش پسند آئے گی۔ پلیز پڑھئے ضرور۔ کم آپ کی رائے اور تبصرہ…
Author: Shabana Mukhtar
Software Developer, Certified Overthinker, Decidedly Underachiever, Amateur Writer, Sitcom Lover
Book Review: Wo Jo Qarz Thha – episode 1
I just read the first episode of “Wo Jo Qarz Thha” by Syeda Ghazal Zaidi on naisochdigest.com First thing first, the idea of online digest is awesome. It has crossed my mind so many times. In fact, my publisher Sarbakaf Publications and myself have been working on similar lines for Islamic magazine. We would soon…
Stay tuned
I have been working on getting my first book published. This would be for Urdu audience. I am super excited. Stay tuned! Shabana Mukhtar
Drama Review: Aakhri Station
Written by Amna Mufti, and directed by Sarmad Khoosat, this mini series is a narration of seven different stories of women from various walk of lives and their struggles. Episode 1: Yasmeen – A Protective Mother First story focuses on Yasmeen, her unemployeed-gambler-drinking husband who eventually bets his wife. She is broke after the incident,…
68 hours
Ah, what a week it has been! I was out for a short vacation last week. I started from here to my hometown on last Wednesday. My phone was making noise for incoming and outgoing calls. I tried restarting it, hoping it would fix the problem. It didn’t. After a few attempts, it started giving…
No room for honesty
Yep. That’s what I gathered from my yesterday’s “talk”. And a few more. There is no need to be honest (because people can’t tolerate honesty). If you want to be honest, do that with your family (but don’t we say that workplace is like our second home and colleagues are like our extended family? So…
No Monday post today
Just a regular weekend and only slightly agitating Monday. Don’t have anything cynic or sarcastic to share. I’ve a skip level meeting with my director tomorrow. Will surely come back to vent out some of that frustration. I know there will be some. You all know that. Shabana Mukhtar
The little girl in me
The little girl in me likes to live in a world of fantasy. This started when I really was a little girl. I used to daydream about having a lot of money. So much, that I could buy anything without worrying about the price. That fantasy seems natural now. It is obvious actually. Given that…
Decryption of dreams
This morning I had a series of weird dreams. *** There were people gathered near a chowk in my hometown. I spent my childhood in that area, I guess that’s why I see that chowk very frequently in my dreams. Some people from that area, some were relatives. And sure enough, some people from my…
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