: ‘Beyond the Stars’: Stories Qurratulain Hyder wrote in her teens #IndiaNEWS Kartar Singh began singing loudly once again. He had been singing this song for such a long time. Hameeda had wearied

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‘Beyond the Stars’: Stories Qurratulain Hyder wrote in her teens #IndiaNEWS
Kartar Singh began singing loudly once again. He had been singing this song for such a long time. Hameeda had wearied of his Pankaj Malik-like voice, his well-groomed beard and, in fact, of all creation to such an extent that she feared she would soon make her needless irritation and weariness unmistakably apparent, and Comrade Kartar who was such a sweet person, would feel very hurt. Had he not been in their group today, Hameeda would have been so bored with life that she might have ended up committing suicide because the others were so silent and sombre. Kartar Singh had actually brought a gramophone along. A Malika Pukhraj record had cracked while they were at the camp. Anyway…Hameeda wrapped the red-bordered anchal of her sari around her shoulders carefully and sat up straight, as though she was listening intently to Comrade Kartar Singh’s song. But some quite absurd, illogical and bizarre thoughts were vying for her attention at exactly the same time. Shakuntala had broken the “Awake to heartache, my heart, awake� record.Uffo… bhai! The jolts of the bullock-cart were giving her a headache and there was still so much to do. An entire village had to be inoculated against cholera. The unpleasant...Read more

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