Kitabon ki Kehkashan: Thori Tara Maathay Chand

Description

Thori Tara Maathay Chand is a captivating story about three women, namely Jannat Bibi and her stepmother and stepsister. Jannat is mistreated by them and not given enough to eat. The girl is helped by her cow in more ways than one.

It so happens that an old man is so pleased with Jannat for a kindly act that he bestows a prayer on her and a star begins to glow on her chin and a moon shines on her forehead. Seeing this, the stepmother and stepsister become very jealous and they scheme against her. Is their plan successful? What happens to Jannat Bibi? Read the story to find out.

Author Biography

Dr. Asif Farrukhi is a professor, short story-writer, critic and a renowned literary figure of Pakistan. He has compiled many anthologies of Pakistani writers. He regularly contributes to a leading daily, Dawn Karachi and different literary periodicals. He is currently editing and publishing a literary miscellany in Urdu Duniyazaad. He is a Doctor of Medicine by profession. He received the Prime Minister’s award for literature in 1995 and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 2005 by the President of Pakistan.