Yaaram Ep2

Once, Amraha had gone to the marriage of her cousin. The groom and his family were about to come on 2 p.m. but had not come yet. Even evening was turning into night. Their cars punctured on the motorway. Groom didn't agree to come to the ceremony without others. Till, they sent cars from Lahore and reached to ceremony, time was reached to 12 a.m. All guests had gone to their respective homes, only close relatives were left in ceremony.
She also came home silently with dada and burned her all designer's dresses. Her all cousins were busy and encircled her to annoy more.
"Nana! Ask her either meal was burned or not? Amraha has come in the ceremony today... Check also the connection of light... Maybe fire will raise because of short-circuit" said by one of her cousins.
Another said:" I pray that groom will come well"
One said:" I am worried about bride.. I hear her two lacs bridal dress is saved hardly from burning"
Another said:" OK dress is saved but unluckily I think her hairs have burned... But iron machine doesn't burn her hair but.. Anything can happen.. Because today..."
When she was ready to cry then someone said:" We're just kidding but Amraha is taking us seriously"
After three hours, one of her cousins came in anger. "Barat will not come before three to four hours, you all say sorry to Amraha. If she accepts our sorry, then maybe barat will come"
"shut up" she shouted on them & they all numbed at once:"I'll break your mouth Hassan"
He replied:" We will break your mouth then; you come with your misfortune to spoil my sister's wedding"
Amraha's heart wanted to set on fire all the canopies under which meeting was held. Oh! May really short circuit would happen and it offed all lanterns.. Then no one could see her irking body. She was bearing their taunting which was hidden in kidding. But Hassan came to accuse her in high spirit:" After completing ablution, before going to mosque, you must see yourself in the mirror... Maybe your tongue will shiver for a while if you say it again, and maybe you'll understand that man's hand neither has power nor authority to destroy or prosper something, obligation of kun(to be) and act of fayakun( it will be or it is)it is the quality of only god... Not his subjects.." She hardly controlled her tears during this saying.
She came home with dada silently, it was her closed cousin's wedding, she was also excited about this wedding... She also readied some special preparation for that marriage.. But all went not only in  vain but also gave her sorrow.
She wrote on white paper:" I'll not go on any occasion again...promise" she pasted that chit on the shelf of her cupboard. Whenever she wanted to go to any function, she opened the cupboard and reminded her of the promise.
She is doing this thing till now but because of doing it, she becomes alone.
She can easily cry, anyone can easily make her cry.
For example, when her elder uncle came from Quetta, then he covered himself in quilt and drank a large cup of coffee and said:" Call Amraha! We will make her cry"
If she didn't wanna go there, then they dragged her there. Everybody laughed at her & she cried vigorously because of it. Uncle told her incidents of her misfortunes with references. Amma scolded her:" They're just kidding.. Why are you crying like that?"
Dada came, scolded everyone and took her from there:" They're illiterate, Amraha! Don't give attention to them"
She is also not mature enough that she can make herself understand.. A young girl with tender heart... She's just ready to cry and we can't satisfy ourselves with philosophy always.
" Everyone is illiterate" she feels calmness.
"everyone is mad" yes! This is right.
We can think like this... We can say like this but it can't happen perfectly... If sometimes, we are able to get hundred percent result but it must be cipher next time.
She tries to divert herself by saying it:" Everyone is illiterate" but next time she cries due to words of those illiterates.
Dada's words lull her but she moans during her sleep many time.
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Dada was a librarian in Government Punjab Public Library. She visited library all days in the school vacation. However Dada hadn't allowed her to stay at the home. She went to library after her school by foot, both took lunch together. Dada read many books in his job, this was a reason , he never burned diyas on the name of dead relatives.
They ate parched grams and corn which were cooked on ashes during their day spending by walking on mall road. Amraha's heart wanted that she didn't need to go to home at night, let she had to sleep on the footpath of Mall Road.
Dada said after viewing the first glance of home:" Look! Jail has come"
"you become mad after reading books, if you will find some suitable job, then maybe you get the wit" dadi said after hearing his words.
But dada can't get suitable job but he has at least suitable wit. Baba sold his eighth standard study at shop... No can is able to know that whether he has studied eight classes or just counting till eight.
Ali was elder and he was marvellous elder among siblings. He always remained senior in every class, he must spent two years in every class.
Then it was Hamad, he had knowledge about every singers and dancers of the world. Their biographies, nationality, native places, marriage, affairs and children but he didn't know which degree would have come after B.A.
Dada has wanted so much that one will become engineer or at least become lecturer in Dayal Singh College. Otherwise, one  will become a doctor in hospital and other will become a captain in army.. But it can not just happen because of thinking of Dada. By the way! No one is there to hear Dada.
Then it was Amraha's number, she was also not less than them, and because she was unfortunate also, so she always cried... She hardly completed her eighth classes, during schooling, she many times left her study. And one time, she also acted upon it. She stayed with dada a whole day in library.
Dada requested her:" Amraha! At least complete matric"
But princess Amraha didn't give attention on his words.
But she said one mantra on the result of any conversations:" Lets run away from home... Anywhere"
Dada had some amount of money, he took her to Baluchistan, to the home of his friend. She didn't go to the home of family members. She stayed happily there...
Then she said to him:" Dada! You go to Dubai then also call me there, we will be so happy there" .
How can dada go Dubai in this age, but he made promise to her.:" First do matric then we will go there"
She has done matriculation for the sake of going to Dubai. But after putting her all efforts, she only got second division. Which everyone could get easily...
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Note: This story is not written by me, so if anyone feels any offence about any scene or incident, I'm not liable to it.
Regards to: saba