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The Reflection In My Window

Salma Omar July 2, 2008

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#6 Posted by nadeem_sadiq on November 12, 2008 10:21:47 am
AoA
What a pleasant and well-synchronized nostalgia, much appreciated. No offence, but I also have a precedent of such a happening. I remember when one of our class-fellow got admitted in Sheikh Zayd Hospital, couple of our female class-fellows picked flowers from the gardens of Punjab University (New Campus) to offer him a flower bouquet.
“I never picked flowers again without glancing over my back.� it’s what we need to consider, having said that we should be vigilant enough to respond the voice like the one you had from your brother. Life offers such a chance quite often, once missed may take ages to re-visit us.
Keep it up...
Take care and keep praying
ALLAH HAFIZ
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#5 Posted by fasihsm on July 13, 2008 2:53:40 am
Salaam,
Really a nice short story. It shows that you have imitated what you planed to. It is first time i am reading your piece of fiction.
Keep it up!

S.M.Fasih
University of Delhi
(Eng. Literature)
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#4 Posted by akcheema on July 4, 2008 1:49:06 am
Salma....as always absolutely beautiful. The descriptions are so vivid, one could close one's eyes, see, smell, reach out and touch the flowers in that garden!

bravo!
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#3 Posted by sumairalatif on July 4, 2008 1:13:11 am
Salma , your article is more like a short film script ...why don't you sell it to me as a film script ?
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#2 Posted by SalmaOmar on July 3, 2008 7:10:56 am
Thanks. This is part of a series of short stories from my childhood experiences and was written in 2000.

This garden does not exist anymore - the house has long been demolised except in my memories. Grateful for your appreciation.
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#1 Posted by Nikhat on July 3, 2008 1:14:23 am
Beauuuuuutifull.....what an intense, touchy and wonderful depiction of a little incident down from the memory lane. Very nicely written.

Nikhat Riaz
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