In Extreme Need of Guidance

‘In Extreme Need of Guidance’: Afterword

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first 16 years of writer Sultana Nahar's life. This is the Afterword by the author.

I would rather stop coming here

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first 16 years of writer Sultana Nahar's life. "A Bomb Falls" is the 10th chapter in the book.

In Extreme Need of Guidance

On summer days when the sunlight falls through the trees it scatters into a play of light and shadows on the ground. My memories of Fareed are like that.

‘Listen, don’t forget to send me to Lahore’

Once on the road I could see that Lahore was bigger than I had imagined. The trees were large and red dust, like that from the desert, billowed in wide avenues.

The life aquatic

I was an otter. I was an amphibian. Even at night I would be in the pond or the river.

Cement Swans

On moonlit nights when the perfume of the roses thickened the air, I was in a trance, an ecstasy of body and mind. The beauty of the night has held an allure for me my whole life.

August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023

‘In Extreme Need of Guidance’: Afterword

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first 16 years of writer Sultana Nahar's life. This is the Afterword by the author.

July 4, 2023
July 4, 2023

I would rather stop coming here

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first 16 years of writer Sultana Nahar's life. "A Bomb Falls" is the 10th chapter in the book.

June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023

In Extreme Need of Guidance

On summer days when the sunlight falls through the trees it scatters into a play of light and shadows on the ground. My memories of Fareed are like that.

May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023

‘Listen, don’t forget to send me to Lahore’

Once on the road I could see that Lahore was bigger than I had imagined. The trees were large and red dust, like that from the desert, billowed in wide avenues.

April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023

The life aquatic

I was an otter. I was an amphibian. Even at night I would be in the pond or the river.

March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023

Cement Swans

On moonlit nights when the perfume of the roses thickened the air, I was in a trance, an ecstasy of body and mind. The beauty of the night has held an allure for me my whole life.