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Baghdadi who writes literatureAltafHussainAsad January25,2015 Leaveacomment

PowerfulcharactersandmaturecraftdefineKhawabChehra,acollectionofshortstories

NasirBaghdadisclaimtofameishisliterarymagazineBadbaan,whichwasknowntothereadersforitsboldstanceonmanyissuesconcerningUrduliterature.IntheeditorialsofBadbaan,hewouldtaketotaskthesocalledbigwigsofliteraturewithhissharpanalyticalstyle.Hedidnotbelongtoanyofthemaingroupsthatwerespewingdirtoneachotherashiscommitmentwaswithliteraturealone.

Onemightnotagreewithsomeoftheeditorialsofthemagazinebutonethingwassure:hedidntbelieveincreatingmeresensationalism.Sadly,forquitesometime,wehaventseenanewissueofBadbaanasBaghdadiSahibseemtohavelostthevervetocarryoneditingthemagazine.

AfterobtainingadoctorateineconomicsfromCanada,NasirBaghdaditaughtatvariousuniversitiesinthecountryaswellasabroad.Literatureishispassionandthatwasthereasonforlaunchingaliterarymagazine.Apartfrombeinganeditor,heisalsoashortstorywriterandhisstorieshaveappearedindifferentmagazinesofPakistanandIndia.

Hehaspublishedafewbooksonshortstoriesaswellascriticism.KhawabChehraishislatestshortstoriescollection,whichisthesubjectofthisreview.PraisedbyliteraryheavyweightslikeWazirAgha,DrMuhammadAliSiddiqui,AhmadHameshandothers,onecomesacrossawholenewworldandmyriadcharactersinthesestoriesthataremostlypickedupfromurbanlocale.

HereyoumeetagruesomegangsterDadawhorunsacrimeden.Likeallothergangstersandruffians,herunshisfiefdomwithutmostbarbarity.DadausesallcoercivetacticsonhisaccompliceAchhanbuttonoavail.DadalikesthewifeofAchhanheordersAchhanto

producehiswife.Achhanissimplythunderstruckanddecidestodefy

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KhawabChehraAuthor:NasirBaghdadiPublisher:BadbaanPublicationsGulshaneIqbal,KarachiPages:198Price:Rs300

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theseillicitorderscomewhatmay.Thestoryseemstobeendingonascenariothatanyreaderconjuresupinhismind.ButBaghdadiastonishesthereaderswithalastminutetwistinthestory.

Thenthereisamanhungryforfamewhoseonlydreamistoseehimselfadoredandeulogisedbyallandsundry.Buthedoesntgetanyfameandkeepsonpassinghislifeasanordinaryman.Suddenly,hisfatechangesbutfortheworse.Onenight,hefindshimselfnearamurderscene.Ingreatpanic,herunsfromthecrimespotbutheispickedupbythebystanderswhomistakenlygrabhimasakiller.

Overnight,hisphotographappearsonthefrontpagesofallnewspapersasthekillerofafamousleaderofthecountry.Thusstarthistormentingdaysandhefindshimselfinadeepmorass.Luckily,therealculpritisnabbedandthushegetsfreedomfromjail.Inamacabreway,hetastesthebittersideofbeingfamous.

AtypicalreligiousmanofthelocalityisbeinghauntedbythesinshehascommittedinthepastinthestoryPeshaniKeDagh.Likeadeftartist,NasirBaghdadishowshowthepasttormentsanoutwardlypiousman.ThefaceofthedeadmanwhomhehadruinedhauntshimconstantlyandHajisahibbecomesalmostmad.

Virsaisanotherstoryinwhichawaywardandpleasureseekingsoniskickedoutbyanenragedfather.Theyaretotallycutofffromeachotherbutoneday,quiteunexpectedly,thefathercallsforhisson.Thefatherisondeathbedandthesonhurriestomeethimasheeyestoinheritallhisproperty.Butheretootheauthorcomesupwithasurpriseattheendofthestory.

Ofthesixteenstoriesinthiscollection,somewerewritteninthe1960s.NasirBaghdadiknowstheartofstorytelling.Hedoesnotbelieveinfillinghisstorieswithanideologyoramessageheisjustastoryteller.However,hisproseistooornatedwhichattimesharmstheflowofthestory.KhawabChehrawillbewelcomedbyallthereadersduetoavarietyofpowerfulcharactersandmaturecraft.

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