Mera Kharos Humsafer By Yusra Shah

About this novel

Mera Kharos Humsafer (Urdu: میرا کھڑوس ہمسفر) by Yusra Shah is a light romantic Urdu novel about Rabab, who lives with her uncle’s family. She is a college girl who dreads what will happen once her exams are over, and her grumpy future partner is waiting.

It opens on her last day of college. Rabab walks out of her final exam with a long face, her high ponytail swinging, and her friends Sanam and Safia can’t understand why. They tease her that the paper hardly matters, since her Mamoon jaan will get her through anyway. Over samosas and cold drinks at the canteen, the truth comes out: her “witch” of a Mumani has been waiting for her exams to end so she can marry her off. The friends think a wedding sounds like fun, with new clothes, jewellery and a bit of importance at home. Rabab tells them how heartless they are to want her whole life ruined for their entertainment. If her Abba were alive, she says sadly, she would show that aunt.

امتحان ختم، اور اب ممانی کو بس شادی کی جلدی ہے۔

At home there is more teasing waiting for her. Her young cousin Nadir, coached by his sister Fariya baji, calls her “chhipkali” (lizard), a nickname she hates, and Rabab fires back that his precious sister eats the whole house’s food and still wonders why she’s fat. Nadir runs off to report her, and she chases after him.

Yusra Shah writes in a chatty, funny style, and the opening chapters are full of friendship, family squabbles and the small worries of a girl who has lost her father. The title, “my grumpy life partner”, promises that whoever her aunt finds for her won’t be easy to live with.

You can read Mera Kharos Humsafer online here or download the complete PDF for free. More by Yusra Shah: Kab Hui Teri Rab Janay Mera and Justaju Meri Akhari Ho Tum, or see all Yusra Shah novels.