Masoomiyat By Sabahat Khan
- Writer
- Sabahat Khan
- Language
- Urdu
- Format
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About this afsana
Masoomiyat by Sabahat Khan is a short, warm Urdu afsana about a small family, a busy father and the innocent love of a little daughter. Read it online or download the complete PDF free on Crazy Fans of Novels.
The story opens on a Sunday. “Mama, aap ne promise kiya tha ke Sunday ko hum ghoomne chalenge,” seven-year-old Hadiya complains, looking at her mother, Nehal, with a sulky face. Nehal knows she promised, and she wants to go too, but what can she do when Papa isn’t free? She glances at her husband, Hadi, who is sitting with his laptop, busy with work and ignoring them both. Hadiya announces that she won’t eat breakfast either and turns her face away.
Hadi smiles at his little girl. The two of them are his whole life. Nehal sits beside him and gently complains that he works so hard he hardly has any time for them, and Sundays are the only days the family gets together. He looks at his beautiful wife and then at his daughter, who is still turned away, deliberately not looking at him. Hadi explains that he is stuck too: his boss has given him a file that must be ready by Monday. If he is in trouble, he asks with a smile, why are both his girls angry with him?
Nehal reminds him that he promised a family outing today, and that it has been a whole month since they went out, while Hadiya gets bored at home. Hadi winks and says that is exactly why he keeps saying Hadiya needs a brother or sister. Nehal glares at him, and Hadi turns to his “doll,” promising that if she gives Papa two hours to finish his work, they will go out and eat too. Hadiya smiles at last and holds out her hand: “Pakka wada?”
A small accident follows. While playing with a knife and an apple, Hadiya cuts her finger. Hadi wraps it in his handkerchief, Nehal brings the first aid box, and Hadi gently bandages it, feeling her pain as if it were his own. Sabahat Khan writes a tender family story about love and innocence.
بچوں کی معصومیت ہی گھر کی اصل رونق ہوتی ہے۔
Read more by Sabahat Khan: Dewana and Naseebo Ke Khel, or see all Sabahat Khan novels and more Urdu afsanay.
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