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The Fan of Patience (Urdu: Sabr ka pankha) is a Pakistani fairy tale from Punjab, published by Pakistani author Shafi Aqeel and translated into English by writer Ahmad Bashir. It tells the story of a princess who summons into her room a prince named Sobur (Arabic: "Patience"), or variations thereof, by the use of a magical fan. [1]
This was the Manto’s second collection of original short stories. His first publication was titled Atish Paray. [2] Included in this second collection are new stories and also some reprints of stories such as Tamasha (Spectacle), Taqat ka imtahan (Trial of power) and Inqilabi (Revolutionary). The reprints are necessary as these stories were ...
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
Hamdard Naunehal (Urdu: ہمدرد نونہال) is a Pakistani kids bilingual (Urdu and English) monthly magazine. [1] first published by Hakim Said of Hamdard Laboratories, under the editorship of Masood Ahmed Barkati, in 1953. [2] [3]
It was first published in Urdu in 2004 and later in English in 2011. The book deals with the turning points in intervening lives of two people: a runaway girl named Imama Hashim; and a boy named Salar Sikander with an IQ of more than 150. The story spans a time period of around ten years. It is Ahmad's most popular work. [2]
Thanda Gosht (Urdu: ٹھنڈا گوشت ALA-LC: Ṭhanḍā Gos̱ẖt IPA: [ʈʰənɖɑː ɡoːʃt̪], English: Cold Flesh) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto. [1] The book was first published in a literary magazine in March 1950 in Pakistan. Later it was published by Sang-e-Meel Publications. Manto was charged with obscenity for ...
Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
With only the sparest of plots, these tales often depend upon repetition and rhythm for their effect, and can require a skilled storyteller to negotiate their tongue-twisting repetitions in performance. [1] The climax is sometimes abrupt and sobering as in "The Gingerbread Man." The device often takes the form of a cumulative song or nursery ...