Kahani Junction

  

• ₹180.00
• by Ashfaq Ahmad  (Author)
• Book: Kahani Junction
• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Gradias Publishing House
• Language: Hindi
• ISBN-13: ‎978-8196458607
• Product Dimensions: 21.59 x 13.97 x 2 cm

"Kahaani Junction" is essentially a collection of seven distinct stories. Each of the seven stories in this collection addresses a social issue and leads us out of darkness and depression, toward light and a ray of hope. These issues are relevant to our surroundings, those we know, and our homes. As you read them, each story will resonate with a familiar melody.

The first story in the collection, "Baaghi Ladkiyan," tells the story of the struggles of two girls who refused to accept the male chauvinism that had been thriving around them for centuries. They wanted to carve out an independent existence, a distinct identity, away from the shadow of a man. They faced opposition from their own people for every decision they made, but they continued to move forward, overcoming every obstacle. But a point came when, after achieving everything, they had to make a concrete decision about their future. They made a decision that would once again put them in the crosshairs.

The second story, "Adhoori," is about a girl struggling to find her identity in society. A sense of incompleteness prevents her from living a normal life, facing neglect and contempt at every step. She finds hope in a vagrant boy, who, for his hobbies and actions, was not only infamous but also had no future—but she was convinced that he was the only person in the world who would never hate or despise her for her shortcomings.

The third story in the collection is "Ujle Jeevan ki Syaah Saanjh," It highlights the loneliness of the elite class, often faced by wealthy people in small towns obsessed with status. Their children, having led successful lives, settle in metro cities or abroad, leaving them with loneliness in their twilight years. This story is about a man suffering from such a curse of loneliness, who resolves to change his destiny and chooses a unique path to end the remainder of his meaningless life with dignity.

‘Andhere se Ujaale ki Or’ is the fourth story in this collection, which depicts the transformation that takes place within a person who was surrounded by despair and depression due to his disability and was destroying himself every moment – ​​in whose life, a girl who, in view of her need, intruded with the help of a lie, created such a stir that he came out of his negative thoughts and found a right way to live the world in a positive manner and in the true sense, he was able to accept his disability and live happily with it.

"Connection" is the fifth story in this collection... It's a connection between two strangers connected through the internet, each living a life filled with emptiness. They can't quite accept their lives, they have their own complaints, but they lack the courage to change them, and they simply want to go on living—but the connection they form allows them to share their pain, draw a little inspiration from each other, and find a little more joy in life. Yet, they remain undecided about the future of their connection.

The sixth story of this collection is 'Madhurima', which is the story of a fifty year old woman who had suffered a lot in her life, had struggled a lot and was successful in fulfilling all her responsibilities while battling every difficulty, but after being freed from those responsibilities, now she wants to live her life again, wants to fulfill her suppressed unfulfilled desires, wants to give shape to those dreams which she had once seen, and for this she leaves the house alone.

The seventh and last story of the collection is 'Mazhabi Kufr'... In fact, it is a story told with the help of metaphors, through which an attempt has been made to give a message about what religion actually is, what is its essence, how it should be taken and what should be the conduct as a human being - which presents the positive aspect of religion to the world, and not presents it as a negative ideology in the eyes of others.

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