Teri Yad Ki Aanch By Ana Ilyas

About this novel

Teri Yad Ki Aanch (Urdu: تیری یاد کی آنچ) by Ana Ilyas is an Urdu romance about a famous singer and the woman he could never forget. In a hotel room abroad, Fatik sees her face on TV, standing beside a little girl he realises could be his own daughter.

Fatik is sitting on the sofa with his laptop on his knees, checking emails, while his manager Kareem reminds him there’s a flight to Canada and a show to get to. The TV in the corner is announcing the winner of an Asian spelling competition for children: a Pakistani girl, Washa. Her mother and grandfather are in the audience, and the presenter invites them on stage. When the camera finds the mother’s face, Fatik’s world stops. It’s the same face, made even lovelier by the years, and the child next to her looks at her with pride. His daughter?

ایک گلوکار، ایک بھولا ہوا چہرہ، اور ایک بچی جو شاید اس کی اپنی ہے۔

Fatik asks where the competition is being held. Kareem tries to remind him about Canada and the contract. Fatik tells him to forget the tour: he has wasted too much time already, and he’s going to Pakistan, today. Kareem, watching his charming boss suddenly coming apart, goes off to do as he’s told.

Then Ana Ilyas turns back the clock to a house full of wedding preparations. Arifa storms into Manab’s room, where the girls have been getting ready since three in the afternoon and still aren’t done; it’s seven, the baraat will arrive any minute, and nobody has even put on their jewellery. From there the novel works its way towards how Fatik lost the woman on that stage.

It’s 527 pages and moves between past and present. It suits readers who like second-chance love stories with plenty of yaadein and pachtawa.

You can read Teri Yad Ki Aanch online here or download the complete PDF for free. More by Ana Ilyas: Teri Chahat Ka Hisar, Meri Eid Tum Sajan and Janay Na Tu, all on the Ana Ilyas novels page.