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The Chestnut

Whispers of Legends

A Journey of Self-Discovery and Mystery From the hallowed halls of his MBA program university, Ayan emerged not just with a degree in finance and human resources but with an unquenchable thirst for the mystical. Born into affluence, his life could have been a canvas of luxury, yet Ayan sought more, yearning for the ancient whispers that echoed through Pakistan's history. It was in the bustling chaos of Karachi, amidst the honking horns and bustling bazaars, that Ayan's fascination with folklore and mythology took root. The dusty tomes of his university library becam

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EQUAL IN ESSENCE, DIFFERENT IN FUNCTION.

It’s pointless! ‘So pointless being a woman.’ Kashif kept on deriding Amina. ‘Look at you, rushing out of the office to cook for your husband. You even have no idea whether you would meet him at home. You wash clothes, feed the kids and sweat it out in the kitchen. What more do you do?’ ‘I would be leaving from here to enjoy life with my women. What a contrast. You can only have one man but I can have as many as I want.’ Amina shook her head in disdain. ‘Kashif, I hope you don’t infect your innocent wife with your seeds you’re spreading around. What have you

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What Will People Say

Sameen nearly stumbled in her rush, breezed past a corner, just about dodged an incoming pedestrian who yelled something about patience behind her, and only just relaxed when she could see the cafe's sign fifty meters away. She flew in, oblivious to the many disapproving looks aimed in her direction, seemed to telepathically know where her friends would be, honed in on them like a homing missile, sat down by forcing some space on the sofa into existence, and interrupted whatever tripe conversation she assumed they would be having. Four horses cannot overtake the ton

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Vindictive Zeus

Being fascinated by Greek and Hindu mythology since my toddler days, I am often found reading a myth and even that day I was reading an interesting story and according to this Greek legend, when men were created, the great god Zeus gave each one a gift of two bags, one bag was full of man’s own faults and the other full of everybody else’s faults. But when the moment came for Zeus to give man his two bags, each one hanging at the opposite end of a carrying pole, by mistake he put the bag with everybody else’s fault in front, whilst the other bag with one’s own defects fini

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