Khayal Yaar- (Story1 Review by Shoby)

Khayal Yaar- (Story 1 Review by Shoby)

First of all, let me clarify, I do not intend to reproduce the story of Khayal Yaar here. Rather I am focusing only on what the first story in this Sumaira Hameed's collectoin was all about.

Buddha said, "We are shaped by our thoughts; we become, what we think. When the mind is pure joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. She was (presumed to be) sleeping just like what John Green talks about, "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once..." Her sleep was disjointed by none other than her very own self (her consciousness, her thoughts) and her consciousness woke her up right on the time, barring her to take the wrong move, when she was just about to decide the most invalid.

Sadham was going through an intense inner battle... A battle that can only be won by killing your own materialistic desires. Her consciousness was trying to make her aware of what she was going to do. She was all set to commit the most hideous crime for which ALLAH PAK says in QURAN PAK:

On account of this. We wrote for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a soul not to retaliate for a soul,nor for creating disorder in the land, then it is as if he had killed all mankinds. And whoso gave life to one soul,then it is as if he had given life to all mankinds. And undoubtedly, Our Messengers came to them with clearproofs then undoubtedly, many of them after that commit excess in the land. (Surah Al-Maidah Ayat 32).

They say, history repeats itself. I just want to add one more thing here. History does repeat itself but it always repeats to give you yet another chance to re-do. It put you yet again in almost the same sort of scenario which has already tested either you or someone like you, before but it depends upon you how to grab the advantage of that one specially bestowed opportunity.

Khayal Yaar is the story of Karma. It is a story of repentance which guide you to such circumstances that can either lead to self destruction or soothes you with an annunciation of a re-birth of your own self.

Sadham loved Haadi and she loved him the way R. M. Drake told, "if I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings, and I still would've fallen a million times for you...: She loved him and loved him to such an extent that he became a like a pseudo-God for her and this was her fatal fault.

Aik Teri Chahat hai... Aik MERI Chahat hai. You may agree with me or not but nothing is a bigger truth than the phenomenon that whatever ALLAH likes and decides for us is the best, however at times we are unaware of the facts that are attached to what HE has decided. No doubt, HE is Al-Hakeem (The Wise).

It is said that every story has an end but in life, every end has a new beginning and Sadham began from where Zoya discontinued. Sadham was going to murder someone and she was so satisfied as according to her there was only one remedy of the plague of her life and that is to kill that one particular person, the presence of whom has shattered her completely. (I highly recommend you to read the story from the book to know, what happens then on wards...)

I am a big fan of the narrative of Ms. Sumaira Hameed. She narrates the tale in such an exceptional technique that you cant help yourself but falling for the words. Not only she played with the minimal of the characters here but also used them where they were required to look most appropriate.

Khayal Yaar runs the story parallel with the dialogue of someone with the own self. It is immensely beautiful to see how smoothly the story goes along with one backdrop self-conversation. To me, the best part of the whole conversation was when the consciousness let the person see how ugly it has turned out to be courtesy the deeds of that very person.

Full marks to Sumaira on beautiful one-liners which has certainly enhanced the overall grandeur of the story. Believe me, many of the dialogues literally made me say the Mighty word ALLAHO AKBAR many of the times and it is really impossible for me right now to choose which one was the best dialogue of the lot.

I believe the tales are always the same. What makes them interesting to read is the treatment and Sumaira Hameed stands tall as a winner in the first story of Khayal Yaar because she has told this love-hate-self realisation saga in a magical way. To me, the richness of Khayal Yaar is hiding in the sentence:

Tumhari talab ajeeb ter, tumhari chahat jawab talab...

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