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“Mai ki 25 tareek sahi hai? Issay done karein?” (Is 25^th of May right? Can it be selected? )

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                             Preparations started

“Jee chachi aaya”(Yes auntie I am coming),

The feet and the car were rolling here and there.

“Nargis qourma bana lou, raita aur salad bhi taiyaar rakhna! Fajahad ko yahin laoon gee main!”(Nargis make qourma, also keep raita and salad ready! I will bring Fajahad here!), and the auntie went out in car.

“Marium k yahan lay chalo” (Drive the car to Marium’s house)

From the Marium’s home from where the kids and auntie were loaded the car stopped at Nazimabad’s shopping plaza. The women rushed out at once leaving the half dozen kids with the family driver while giving him instructions:

“Betay ka dehaan rakhna” (look after the son!)

“Gari kareeb khari rakhna” (park the car nearby!)

“Missed call dein tou aa jana” (come when we will give you missed call!), and in very end when all were crossing the road

“Beta apna dehan rakhna, theek hai.”(Take care of yourself, son, okay!)

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Women were flooding into big but crowdy and congested shopping plaza having little shops all around in the passage, stalls of trousers, duppattas, cut pieces and kameez one shop after another on dusty floor having the passing of wires above.

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“Nahi, French fries….Nahi gola ganda….nahi ice cream….nahi Fajad bhai mujhe guriya k baal chahiye hain”(No, French fries....No, gola ganda….No, ice cream….No, Fajad bhai I want candy floss), meanwhile in car, parked near stalls, the kids were on his head to whom he then settled with “yaar gold ganda, ice cream bhi khaein ge par pehlay fries” (Yaar we will eat gola ganda and ice cream too but first fries)

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1’o clock

2’o clock

3’o clock

And women with loads of shopping bags came outside.

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“Aray main ne tou aap ko kaha tha k bachay Fajahad k saath bohat jaldi ghul mil jatay hain” (Ohh, I have told you that children get friendly with Fajahad fast!), chachi was talking meanwhile Fajahad was having bites of qourma and “bhaiya ek glass yakh thandi baraf wali pepsi ka”(brother, give me glass of chilled iced pepsi!) was being served with what he asks.

“Haan! Haan! Kyun nahi! Pepsi k saath bachay k liye custard bhi lana!”(Yeah! Yeah! Why not! Also bring custard for my son too!), while disconnecting the call, she patted him and told them.

“Acha beta ab humein Maghrib k baad Marium ko lay kar jewellery k liye jana hai. Saath mein Sadaf aur mera kapron ka order bhi dena hai” (Okay son, now we have to take Marium for jewellery after Maghrib. And we also also have to go to give order for my and Sadaf’s dresses too. )

“Chachi kitna time lagay ga kapron k kaam mein”(Chachi, how long will be your clothing shopping?)

“Dou sey teen gantay tou lagain gay meray chanda” (It will take 2 to 3 hours, my star.)

“Tou phir theek hai bus abhi chaltay hain” (okay, so we will go now.), and he continued

“Main aap ko wahan choroon ga aur phir site area chala jaoon ga..abhi chaar baj rahay hain, saray chaar tak aap ko Clifton utaar doon ga aur 8 bajay aap ko lenay aajaoon ga. Kaisa?”(I will drop you there and then go to site area myself..it is now 4’o clock. I will drop you Clifton by 4:30 and come to pick you by 8. How is it?)

“Haan beta, yeh sahi hai.”(Yes son, it is right.)

“Tou bus phir chalein!”(Okay so we go now!)

While walking outside to car there was still a conversation going on

“Farah ko uthalo! Wo bhi meray saath aaye gee!….Aur haan 8 k baad humein Marium ko lay kar valimay k joray k liye boutique jana hai!”(Pick Farah in way too! She will come with me too!..And yeah after 8 we have to take Marium to boutique for Valima’s dress!)

 

 

 

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