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The Landlady

Tahera Sajid January 2, 2008

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#12 Posted by TaheraSajid on February 6, 2008 9:22:32 pm
Re: # 10
Sanaullah...thanks for your thoughtful and detailed comments and generous praise.
TS
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#11 Posted by TaheraSajid on February 6, 2008 9:19:40 pm
Re: # 9

Thanks, Astha...for sharing your appreciation of my piece.
TS
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#10 Posted by Sanaullah on February 6, 2008 8:48:23 pm
Tahera, I read some of your work at Chowk , cant resist saying that you have a natural gift for writing. I say natural because of your ability to stretch the plot to the right length

The tingle of a very soft satire that rarely stings bitterly is the reflection of a mind that is indeed not very philosophical yet keep pondering at the inner side of the tings, but most delightful is the under current of humor that forces the reader to keep smiling until a sudden twist broke it to an unfortunate end - Humor in fiction is a very tricky thing.

Its amazing that you have written so much in a short period of time. must be a very fertile mind.
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#9 Posted by astha on February 4, 2008 1:01:27 am
A lovely story... Made for a very enjoyable read! :)
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#8 Posted by TaheraSajid on January 30, 2008 9:35:59 pm
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dilsenomad1977...thankyou.
TS
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#7 Posted by dilsenomad1977 on January 30, 2008 8:26:44 am
Very nice.

dilsenomad.wordpress.com
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#6 Posted by TaheraSajid on January 21, 2008 9:22:20 pm
Thanks, scorp_afghan.
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#5 Posted by scorp_afghan on January 18, 2008 12:21:36 pm
Excellent stuff.

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#4 Posted by TaheraSajid on January 6, 2008 6:17:50 pm
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Hmm...Aasia, thanks for the comments.

The boundaries of 'rights' are often confused. Simply put, however: 'your right to stretch your arm ends where the other person's nose begins'.

I don't quite agree, though, with the concept of 'victimhood'. Even 'not taking a choice' is a choice, and no one else is responsible for the consequences but the one who chose to make that choice'!!!

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#3 Posted by aasia on January 5, 2008 10:26:04 am
keep up the good work...........very impressive.......makes me wonder sometimes if what we call "rights" and/or "selfish motives" are not thrust upon us even before we are born!!!may be we are all victims in the end ????
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#2 Posted by TaheraSajid on January 4, 2008 5:21:24 am
Re: # 1
Thanks for appreciating my piece, Faisal.K. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.
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#1 Posted by Faisal.K on January 3, 2008 12:35:32 am
Quite Brilliant and touching!!!
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