Leave No Grain for Tomorrow

RE:- #8

Salim sahib
Can`t agree more........We are on the same page......

Yes, FV is the best thing that has happened to chowk.com.

Some times I wonder, we don`t deserve her among us. She surely is a high caliber writer.

FV,

I loved this one!

Not being familiar with the people involved,

this life-story still somehow touches the heart.


Ras

On side note:-
This article gives me the feeling of a fine embroidery which is excellently crafted with beautifully controlled meaning and emotions in such a compact and constricted way that is based on a plot driven and character driven both at the same time which is ultimately style driven....................

Farzana
Let me be honest with you here. I do not know anything about Amrita Pritam`s name or works prior to reading this article.
After reading your article, I felt the depth of Amrita Pritam`s character and her connections to other characters of your article. Sort of touchy feely...............
Your sophisticated and beautifully written article reminds me of Farzana versey, a writer who is at the pinnacle of her maturity and unique style......

You have achieved that climax of a writer who is joy to read for the least literal person like myself. I must applaud your talent by saying, this article of yours is very much worth reading for each and every one of us.

This article leaves me with the sense that both you as a writer of this article and the main character of this article have a sure touch and empathy, but not sentimental style.......

For those who love complex characters mixed with splendid and intelligent aroma this article will be a special delight to read , re read and re read, till they feel that they are themselves the actual characters of this article....................

Farzana Versey, {``It takes a kind of courage to admit that someone can overwhelm you without in any way taking away from you.``}


Farzana,
Beautifully written - almost every sentence needs to be read over and over and over to grasp the full meaning. That is the talent you have. Sometimes, when you are describing something you are so clear that one can transform your article into a manual. Just when I have your style figured out, you come up with these philosophical gems that leave me completely at unease - laboring with intensity to understand the multiple paths that you want us to travel only because you feel a certain way.

I had never heard of Amrita Pritam. Your article compelled me to read up about her and discover this wonderful woman from GujranWala, one of my favorite places in Pakistan. Amrita Kaur turned into Amrita Pritam and said:

``When I moved into your bed
I was not alone — there were two of us
A married woman and a virgin
To sleep with you.
I had to for the virgin in me
I did so
This slaughter is permissible in law
Not the indignity of it
And I bore the onslaught of insult.

Thank you, Farzana for this wonderful article. :)

She was an emotional person....her heart ruled her destiny.....she couldn`t bear the trauma of partition......the memories were too gruesome - she never visitedher childhood homes.

Her claim to fame is ``Aj aakhaan Waris Shah noo.`` - amoving poem about the plight of women during partition.......

the other stories i`ve read are mediocre in comparison......

like another artists, she thought with her heart and lived in lala land....of utopia.....or imagination......

in real world, tuths and realities are bitter; she shouldn`t judge her father`s actions of keeping separate tumblers............An article will come by KS Mitha on this issue....

Re: # 4
Huh. If u have a complex don`t blame it on me.

What is wrong with this observation ?

The human mind prospers and `dares` to think out of box - only when it understands that
its primary concern (to stay alive / no harm to near ones) is guaranteed.... Otherwise it will
jusr do what it believes is safe enough.

All this freakin art house talk does not change that reality.

Those girls wud not have dared to go to Wagah; and then feel safe enough to go back to family
had their been a guillotine over their head.

Farzana:
Interesting article.
Though on a foot-note side in fine print; Amrita has been covered zillion times on Chowk UP.

PS: It seems that you are using her titles from English translations. Is her work translated into English?

wiseguy, you undid it all with your hate agenda. Still?
Cheerios to you

wiseguy, you undid it all with your hate agenda. Still?
Cheerios to you

Re: # 1
> Why do people fall for mysteries. ...
because the threat of beheadings and honour killings is not there....

Good! as the news of two Indian Girls trying to cross into Pakistan made headlines.

There are still so many stories to tell. Many were told by Amrita, Bedi, Minto, A Hameed, Krishan Chander and even Rushdie in his Midnight`s Children. Many more will take birth because of the virtual world the internet creates.

But there remains a paradox. In 1947, people were ready to migrate for the adopted countries out of ancestoral lands. In these cyber love affairs, its the other way round.

So what has changed? Why do people fall for mysteries. Is it the innate sense of facing a challenge or is it the mystifying, `whats behind the curtain` or yet a rebellion of sorts?

Cheerios