All the beautiful daughters of Mara by Ashok Aatreya (books to read for 12 year olds .TXT) 📕
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A novel written by Ashok atreya is an attempt of embodying the para-psychological, ethereal and day-to-day experiences of the hero. The Key to this novel is very clearly explained in the 54th chapter with the same title " All the beautiful Daughters of Mara", in which Anand, the hero, tells us the story of his previous births, where he visualizes the past and present where his unfulfilled desire for eternal love accentuates with unending lust for life, get freely expressed.
The myth of "All the beautiful Daughters of Mara" existing parallel to his own span of life, of which only present is visible and the rest of the episodes in his previous births, Anand experiences as and when he encounters them.
The overall development of this novel could only be examined with the help of a "Tantrik-based parody", where not only the sequence of Janma-Janmantra is added for an additional fervor, exposing the hero's passion and lust through and through but also his predicament of being a helpless victim in the hands of mystic destiny.
The author has picked up an apparently mystic theme. Unconsciously, as he has inherited the tradition of religion, Indian mythology and Tantra from his ancestors, but the beauty of the work lies in the fact of a secular approach to life omitting the bondages of caste and creed. In this background, this work of fiction becomes para-modern!
The libidinal instinct of Anand in his present and previous births, attaches with himself a number of voluptuous women belonging to various ethnic backgrounds. Tantra, as a distinctive sect of Hindu worship tradition, has very significant role of "Panch-Makars" and, therefore, the Omni-presence of women around the hero is the internal necessity of the theme, which results into many neo-vam-margi experience. This is, thus, a novel-departure in the field of contemporary Indian English writing.
The novelist has very aptly casted valid comment on the degeneration of present political scenario by elevating the police -shooter, an encounter-specialist to the supreme office of the President. (this is just like The then President of Pakistan General Parvez Musharraf (Who started his career as an ordinary military commando) These are not mere fiction fantasies but all around us, we find such absurdities taking shape !
The sub-titles attributed to 58 chapters lucidly establish the internal consistency of unbelievable episodes full of love, lust and crime, tied with an unseen threads of births and rebirths.
Naturally such a theme has interminable prospective of constructing stories -interesting and unending, of which Ashok Aatreya, as a fiction writer, has all the potential.
The myth of "All the beautiful Daughters of Mara" existing parallel to his own span of life, of which only present is visible and the rest of the episodes in his previous births, Anand experiences as and when he encounters them.
The overall development of this novel could only be examined with the help of a "Tantrik-based parody", where not only the sequence of Janma-Janmantra is added for an additional fervor, exposing the hero's passion and lust through and through but also his predicament of being a helpless victim in the hands of mystic destiny.
The author has picked up an apparently mystic theme. Unconsciously, as he has inherited the tradition of religion, Indian mythology and Tantra from his ancestors, but the beauty of the work lies in the fact of a secular approach to life omitting the bondages of caste and creed. In this background, this work of fiction becomes para-modern!
The libidinal instinct of Anand in his present and previous births, attaches with himself a number of voluptuous women belonging to various ethnic backgrounds. Tantra, as a distinctive sect of Hindu worship tradition, has very significant role of "Panch-Makars" and, therefore, the Omni-presence of women around the hero is the internal necessity of the theme, which results into many neo-vam-margi experience. This is, thus, a novel-departure in the field of contemporary Indian English writing.
The novelist has very aptly casted valid comment on the degeneration of present political scenario by elevating the police -shooter, an encounter-specialist to the supreme office of the President. (this is just like The then President of Pakistan General Parvez Musharraf (Who started his career as an ordinary military commando) These are not mere fiction fantasies but all around us, we find such absurdities taking shape !
The sub-titles attributed to 58 chapters lucidly establish the internal consistency of unbelievable episodes full of love, lust and crime, tied with an unseen threads of births and rebirths.
Naturally such a theme has interminable prospective of constructing stories -interesting and unending, of which Ashok Aatreya, as a fiction writer, has all the potential.
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in the escarpment of utter confusion. She was so much confounded that everything running in his mind was beyond understanding.
And then in another scene Bhairvi was requesting the king of crows to find out and investigate into the matter of her hubsand as he seemed to be going away from her life.and that was a great concern for he rand her family.The king of crows then answered-'' O dear lady, we crow can know everything about everybody and can see beyond the limits of men and even this Universe as we are sons and daughters of god of Dawn Garud. And as we know you have come here with a special mission we have flew all the cities of the world and discovered that the wife of Anand's fomer birth, the sea-bird ( Shaheen ) is all set to come to replace you in your home.It will be not long before she finds him.She has a history of disappearing, without leaving any trace, but that is all due to some curse on her.Anand too will never dream of any other woman than Shaheen once he meet her again any time.She is in some westward direction taken away from his love by some false spirit taken a mortal shape. He is some shady character. Although it is still in the scheme of our goddess.But sooner or later these two souls will meet again as they will not remain inseparable ultimately.''
''O.K. Over.'How you feel now?'There was another voice in her ear.
'' Better.'' Bhairvi answered.
''Good.'' Now you can go home. You are free from the shadow and known the reality. You are very lucky.'' The sorcerer lady assured her of her well being. She was happy. She left the place.
Was it a ghoulish game or cleaning of mirage? What was all that? Perhaps coming events cast their shadows before.
47/SHAHEEN’S NEW TROUBLES
After his marriage, Anand very soon left Ajmer and had come to Jaipur. Here again after a very long gap he got another chance to meet her old beloved Shaheen but by that time lot of changes had taken place in both’s life.But time was a factor... Asad married two more females. One was an innocent daughter of his own car driver changed to a call girl and other was some ex-wife and a divorcee of an Army Officer of Pakistan … From them, over the years, he had three more issues… One daughter and two sons... and then after... and there after the game of torture started in Shaheen’s life... In spite of the fact that she accepted both new wives of Asad happily, adjusting with them in best possible manner .Being elder in her position she also wanted to exert some pressure on the new comers and shared responsibility to keep harmony in family but her plan and feeling of keeping the family intact fell flat
That was not the end. Shaheen started facing everyday a new trouble in her life, unfolding before her… but as a brave lady she never surrendered. After few years of her happy ‘adjustments’ and not a nikah, she even faced a legal battle, against her in the Shariat Court.At that time her son Ahsas was only three years old but the case took years to reach the final settlement.
The case of Shaheen had reached the Federal Shariat Court under the offence of Zina filled by her ‘ex-husband’ but because she made a counter attack on her husband who was engased in the activity of kidnapping her son, she made an un-precedental up-roar in Pakistan and his husband was found guilty of that heinous crime and was sent to jail.But after some time he came out of jail by manipulating the case .Asad became popular and powerul and more important figure in the extra constitutional corridors of Pakistan after that case.
It was during the same time when Pakistan Cricket team visited India, and she was also one of the members in President Zia’s Council of Visiting team, and enjoyed in Jaipur one day Cricket match between India Pakistan played in S.M.S. Stadium opposite the famous Rambag Hotel, where she stayed as special guest of Pakistan. The stadium was fully packed in that one day international on February 1987, when Pakishtan President General Zia reached India to watch the second day’s play as part of his ‘Cricket for Peace’ initiative. The game sputtered to a draw. The third day’s play was abandoned following heavy rain and a controversy over the alleged deposition of sawdust on the wicket which Pakishan objected.
Looking into the new scenario and so-called liberal policies of Pak- government under the military regime of President Zia-Ul-Hak, Shaheen started, taking active part, as an interpreter of Islam and the Islamization of the inherited law. She took active interests in the meeting of council of Islamic Ideology and the new Shariat Court. She was also appointed as one member woman representative among 20 other members appointed by the President to hold office for three years.
She came close to President Zia and as an advisor suggested some fiscal reforms for the lavvy of Zakat …. Her coming close to President, fell-heavy…. For those who were strong in the opposite lobby of the president and …. Anyhow Asad,one among many , managed to file a false case against her, based on the distorted facts and rumors, published in some cheap Pakistan tabloid about her visit to India… and her relations with Anand a senior RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) officer of India…
Actually Shaheen’s stay in Jaipur for three days created more wicked ideas in Asad’s mind to take revenge from her.He still thought to act like her’ ex-husband ‘… filed another case against her in the Shariat Court. The fresh report at the Police Station alleged that the woman in question Shaheen Bibi had been committing Zina with a senior Indian Police officer Mr. Anand which was a thereat to Pakistan’s security. It was also stated in the report that Asad fell in love with Shaheen Bibi some years ago when he had visited India. At that time she was already pregnant of Anand and that fact was hidden from him.She borne her first illegitimate son of a Hindu –Brahmin, the result of her old illegitimate relations with her college days lover Anand… Ashad asserted in the court that he had not divorced Shaheen Bibi.
But the Additional Session Judge acquitted her under the offence of Zina ordinance, on the plea that Asad Ulha Mirza was indeed never married to Shaheen Bibi earlier, As she came to Pakistan after prolonging her pregnancy and delivered her child in Rescue Home as an orphan boy ….. and after that she was the unofficial wife of Asad, they lived together as friends, for considerabally good time, hence, the woman in question was not guilty of adultery or fornication and hence the charges against her of being the mother of an illegitimate child also dropped as Asad never complained of it earlier, rather it was concealed by him as he accepted Shaheen in her pregnancy and their ‘marriage’ too was a sort of adjustment between them. .
Shaheen was not given a punishment of flogging in public with a hundred stripes and stoning to death since she was not found guilty of adultery or fornication.In case of her guilt, she would have been punished in public by flogging.
At that time, Shaheen met Anand in Rambagh hotel’s special suit and gave him one fat envelop and requested him to read that in total privacy .She also took a promise from Anand that he should read the letter only after she leaves for Pakistan…He did not break his promise.
They had brief talks but every thing was simply centered around Ahsas, who was that time working as a young trainee journalist in some well-known daily of Pakistan but later joined Police Training Institute as an officer..The hospitality extended to Shaheen in Pink City Jaipur was memorable. It was definitely a very exciting day of her life, when she even met Bhairvi, Anand’s wife and his Son and daughter Pranav and Deeksha. All of them enjoyed one day cricket
After Shaheen left for her country, he opened envelop in his office and after reading a part he was badly disturbed .Anand was shocked as that changed the entire picture of Shaheen’s married life…and that also meant that whatever she told her earlier was just a wrong show of of protecting the image of her husband Asad. The realities behind their relations was being hidden from Anand till that time.Even before his wife Bhairvi Shaheen concocted and highlighted some fantastic good and happy stories of her married life so far…but all that was a drama.
Words by words it read like a melodrama.The innocent face of Shaheen was before him when he read the letter…
48/LETTER FROM THE KNOWN LADY
‘………………’
No name of the addresse!
.It just ran….in Shaheen’s hand writing in first person.
‘I left my Nana’s home of Jaipur, on one bad Friday.I was dreaming of a new life then.For reaching Pakistan, we reached Bombay by morning flight.
Asad told me after reaching there that some formalites are stiil pending regarding passport.For that agent required our presence in Bombay. If everything goes well we will fly to Lahore directly.At Bandra Airport lounge we met an Arab, introduced to me as my ‘temporary husband’ and he had my ticket and passport with him. There was only half an hour left for next flight to Lahore and still some paper formalities were to be cleared with an advocate sitting in the lounge next to us,I had no option but to believe Asad whatever he told me and signed on each and every document which made me a paper wife of an Arab.
He was going to travel with us by PIA.He spoke to me in very sweet Persian accent that he would be only a travel companion, not life partner.He laughed after that and blessed my happy prospective married life with Asad.Asad traveled in the same Airline seated on the window side.In the three seat arrangement of left side I was occupying the middle seat. On the gallery side at my right side my ‘temporary one hour hubby’ Sadaat, in middle the bride that was me and at the window side seeing sky, was my prospective husband Asad.It was all for safe traveling and reaching the destination, my future home in Pakistan.The marriage documents signed by me were dated two months back and that too was to show that everything had been done with proper planning.Even the responsibility of my pregnancy was also taken by the Arab who was a very close friend of Asad…I was told all that after reaching.I pondered in that totally unexpected situation little skeptically but I knew everything was out of hands, Insaallah… submitted myself to the almighty.
During the journey the Arab’s changed his behaviour suddenly and started trespassing my modesty to best of his advantage. I told about that to Asad, but found him linient, dull and detached and not taking the matter seriously.Even the Arab made some nasty comments about me, he talked filthy.But that too was perhaps meaningless to Asad…‘Asad bhai, ‘my’ Shaheen bibi is beautiful beyond boundaries’.-He uttered dirty words.
‘Shaheen is your time-bound bibi…your limits ends after the journey- Asad answered him
smilingly
‘O.k Asad bhai, but she is very hard nut to crack- He foolishly talked as if I was an easy
commodity.
‘Saadat boss I am highly obliged for your help…hope our friedship will last long’.
Asad was certainly helped by his friend I knew what he meant. Other wise her jorney would not be possible’ I thought innocently.
‘I
And then in another scene Bhairvi was requesting the king of crows to find out and investigate into the matter of her hubsand as he seemed to be going away from her life.and that was a great concern for he rand her family.The king of crows then answered-'' O dear lady, we crow can know everything about everybody and can see beyond the limits of men and even this Universe as we are sons and daughters of god of Dawn Garud. And as we know you have come here with a special mission we have flew all the cities of the world and discovered that the wife of Anand's fomer birth, the sea-bird ( Shaheen ) is all set to come to replace you in your home.It will be not long before she finds him.She has a history of disappearing, without leaving any trace, but that is all due to some curse on her.Anand too will never dream of any other woman than Shaheen once he meet her again any time.She is in some westward direction taken away from his love by some false spirit taken a mortal shape. He is some shady character. Although it is still in the scheme of our goddess.But sooner or later these two souls will meet again as they will not remain inseparable ultimately.''
''O.K. Over.'How you feel now?'There was another voice in her ear.
'' Better.'' Bhairvi answered.
''Good.'' Now you can go home. You are free from the shadow and known the reality. You are very lucky.'' The sorcerer lady assured her of her well being. She was happy. She left the place.
Was it a ghoulish game or cleaning of mirage? What was all that? Perhaps coming events cast their shadows before.
47/SHAHEEN’S NEW TROUBLES
After his marriage, Anand very soon left Ajmer and had come to Jaipur. Here again after a very long gap he got another chance to meet her old beloved Shaheen but by that time lot of changes had taken place in both’s life.But time was a factor... Asad married two more females. One was an innocent daughter of his own car driver changed to a call girl and other was some ex-wife and a divorcee of an Army Officer of Pakistan … From them, over the years, he had three more issues… One daughter and two sons... and then after... and there after the game of torture started in Shaheen’s life... In spite of the fact that she accepted both new wives of Asad happily, adjusting with them in best possible manner .Being elder in her position she also wanted to exert some pressure on the new comers and shared responsibility to keep harmony in family but her plan and feeling of keeping the family intact fell flat
That was not the end. Shaheen started facing everyday a new trouble in her life, unfolding before her… but as a brave lady she never surrendered. After few years of her happy ‘adjustments’ and not a nikah, she even faced a legal battle, against her in the Shariat Court.At that time her son Ahsas was only three years old but the case took years to reach the final settlement.
The case of Shaheen had reached the Federal Shariat Court under the offence of Zina filled by her ‘ex-husband’ but because she made a counter attack on her husband who was engased in the activity of kidnapping her son, she made an un-precedental up-roar in Pakistan and his husband was found guilty of that heinous crime and was sent to jail.But after some time he came out of jail by manipulating the case .Asad became popular and powerul and more important figure in the extra constitutional corridors of Pakistan after that case.
It was during the same time when Pakistan Cricket team visited India, and she was also one of the members in President Zia’s Council of Visiting team, and enjoyed in Jaipur one day Cricket match between India Pakistan played in S.M.S. Stadium opposite the famous Rambag Hotel, where she stayed as special guest of Pakistan. The stadium was fully packed in that one day international on February 1987, when Pakishtan President General Zia reached India to watch the second day’s play as part of his ‘Cricket for Peace’ initiative. The game sputtered to a draw. The third day’s play was abandoned following heavy rain and a controversy over the alleged deposition of sawdust on the wicket which Pakishan objected.
Looking into the new scenario and so-called liberal policies of Pak- government under the military regime of President Zia-Ul-Hak, Shaheen started, taking active part, as an interpreter of Islam and the Islamization of the inherited law. She took active interests in the meeting of council of Islamic Ideology and the new Shariat Court. She was also appointed as one member woman representative among 20 other members appointed by the President to hold office for three years.
She came close to President Zia and as an advisor suggested some fiscal reforms for the lavvy of Zakat …. Her coming close to President, fell-heavy…. For those who were strong in the opposite lobby of the president and …. Anyhow Asad,one among many , managed to file a false case against her, based on the distorted facts and rumors, published in some cheap Pakistan tabloid about her visit to India… and her relations with Anand a senior RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) officer of India…
Actually Shaheen’s stay in Jaipur for three days created more wicked ideas in Asad’s mind to take revenge from her.He still thought to act like her’ ex-husband ‘… filed another case against her in the Shariat Court. The fresh report at the Police Station alleged that the woman in question Shaheen Bibi had been committing Zina with a senior Indian Police officer Mr. Anand which was a thereat to Pakistan’s security. It was also stated in the report that Asad fell in love with Shaheen Bibi some years ago when he had visited India. At that time she was already pregnant of Anand and that fact was hidden from him.She borne her first illegitimate son of a Hindu –Brahmin, the result of her old illegitimate relations with her college days lover Anand… Ashad asserted in the court that he had not divorced Shaheen Bibi.
But the Additional Session Judge acquitted her under the offence of Zina ordinance, on the plea that Asad Ulha Mirza was indeed never married to Shaheen Bibi earlier, As she came to Pakistan after prolonging her pregnancy and delivered her child in Rescue Home as an orphan boy ….. and after that she was the unofficial wife of Asad, they lived together as friends, for considerabally good time, hence, the woman in question was not guilty of adultery or fornication and hence the charges against her of being the mother of an illegitimate child also dropped as Asad never complained of it earlier, rather it was concealed by him as he accepted Shaheen in her pregnancy and their ‘marriage’ too was a sort of adjustment between them. .
Shaheen was not given a punishment of flogging in public with a hundred stripes and stoning to death since she was not found guilty of adultery or fornication.In case of her guilt, she would have been punished in public by flogging.
At that time, Shaheen met Anand in Rambagh hotel’s special suit and gave him one fat envelop and requested him to read that in total privacy .She also took a promise from Anand that he should read the letter only after she leaves for Pakistan…He did not break his promise.
They had brief talks but every thing was simply centered around Ahsas, who was that time working as a young trainee journalist in some well-known daily of Pakistan but later joined Police Training Institute as an officer..The hospitality extended to Shaheen in Pink City Jaipur was memorable. It was definitely a very exciting day of her life, when she even met Bhairvi, Anand’s wife and his Son and daughter Pranav and Deeksha. All of them enjoyed one day cricket
After Shaheen left for her country, he opened envelop in his office and after reading a part he was badly disturbed .Anand was shocked as that changed the entire picture of Shaheen’s married life…and that also meant that whatever she told her earlier was just a wrong show of of protecting the image of her husband Asad. The realities behind their relations was being hidden from Anand till that time.Even before his wife Bhairvi Shaheen concocted and highlighted some fantastic good and happy stories of her married life so far…but all that was a drama.
Words by words it read like a melodrama.The innocent face of Shaheen was before him when he read the letter…
48/LETTER FROM THE KNOWN LADY
‘………………’
No name of the addresse!
.It just ran….in Shaheen’s hand writing in first person.
‘I left my Nana’s home of Jaipur, on one bad Friday.I was dreaming of a new life then.For reaching Pakistan, we reached Bombay by morning flight.
Asad told me after reaching there that some formalites are stiil pending regarding passport.For that agent required our presence in Bombay. If everything goes well we will fly to Lahore directly.At Bandra Airport lounge we met an Arab, introduced to me as my ‘temporary husband’ and he had my ticket and passport with him. There was only half an hour left for next flight to Lahore and still some paper formalities were to be cleared with an advocate sitting in the lounge next to us,I had no option but to believe Asad whatever he told me and signed on each and every document which made me a paper wife of an Arab.
He was going to travel with us by PIA.He spoke to me in very sweet Persian accent that he would be only a travel companion, not life partner.He laughed after that and blessed my happy prospective married life with Asad.Asad traveled in the same Airline seated on the window side.In the three seat arrangement of left side I was occupying the middle seat. On the gallery side at my right side my ‘temporary one hour hubby’ Sadaat, in middle the bride that was me and at the window side seeing sky, was my prospective husband Asad.It was all for safe traveling and reaching the destination, my future home in Pakistan.The marriage documents signed by me were dated two months back and that too was to show that everything had been done with proper planning.Even the responsibility of my pregnancy was also taken by the Arab who was a very close friend of Asad…I was told all that after reaching.I pondered in that totally unexpected situation little skeptically but I knew everything was out of hands, Insaallah… submitted myself to the almighty.
During the journey the Arab’s changed his behaviour suddenly and started trespassing my modesty to best of his advantage. I told about that to Asad, but found him linient, dull and detached and not taking the matter seriously.Even the Arab made some nasty comments about me, he talked filthy.But that too was perhaps meaningless to Asad…‘Asad bhai, ‘my’ Shaheen bibi is beautiful beyond boundaries’.-He uttered dirty words.
‘Shaheen is your time-bound bibi…your limits ends after the journey- Asad answered him
smilingly
‘O.k Asad bhai, but she is very hard nut to crack- He foolishly talked as if I was an easy
commodity.
‘Saadat boss I am highly obliged for your help…hope our friedship will last long’.
Asad was certainly helped by his friend I knew what he meant. Other wise her jorney would not be possible’ I thought innocently.
‘I
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