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The Dictator’s Curse (A Novel) Part: One

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        By: Kaleem Butt                                            Chapter 1: Room No: 26                         No sir, whosoever you are….!    Sometimes I wonder that the toughest job on face of the earth is to begin a story, all the scenes and characters run in your mind but one is unable to find that one beautiful sentence to start the story, the magical sentence which catches the attention of readers. A story without that beautiful is like a damsel who is fully grown-up and she has good looks, but unfortunately she is flat-chested. Pardon me, you may consider the above remark as a sexist remark, but you would agree with me that a woman is the most beautiful creature in this entire world, and a good story is as beautiful as a woman, and that starting sentence is like round breasts hanging on some beautiful lady’s chest, a guy is simple attracted to the lady just glancing at her fully grown and round breasts, as I was attracted to round breasted Madam Afshan, she teaches u
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Book Review: If On A Winter's Night A Traveler

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  This novel is one of the most popular novels of Italo Calvino. It was published in 1979. It deals with themes like metafiction, problems in publishing industry, and censorship. For complete review please click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/live/lIcaBTuzjpA?si=SdYX4IL5CMgQz-WB
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Sindhi Novel In 21st Century: Novel Mokhi

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 We discuss about new trends and traditions regarding Sindhi Novel. Akbar Laghari  Amar Laghari  Dr. Mubarak Lashari  Akhtar Hafeez Kaleem Butt Click Link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3561609174062476&id=100000427605355&mibextid=Nif5oz
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Sindhi Novel In 21st Century

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 We discuss about new trends and traditions regarding Sindhi Novel. Akbar Laghari  Razzak Sehto Dr. Mubarak Lashari  Akhtar Hafeez Kaleem Butt Click Link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1092879048262864&id=100000427605355&mibextid=Nif5oz
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I Hate To Die Virgin…. (Speculative Fiction)

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               By: Kaleem Butt Oh God! No, not the termites... Please...please... Are you there.... Can you hear me....!   I hate termites....baldy killers... No... no, please I am begging you to save me... I don't want to die virgin; you know full well I hate to die virgin.   And that too on the hands of these monstrous termites.... Many of my kind have suffered on the hands of these little beasts called the termites. They are deadly creatures...   Oh God! Please help me out, they are nearing me..... I hate to die virgin....   Please....please....please....my enemy is nearing me and I am petrified by the sight.... I curse the day I was brought here, it was some three months ago and since that day I have been neglected by the person who brought me to his home, that idiot has not touched me since then.... Oh God! Can you perform some kind of miracle and save me from this terrifying group of termites and the painful death on their hands.... But what was
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Characters In My Stories Are Real Life Characters, I Try To Write What I see: Khusboo Baloch

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  (Cover Page of Khusboo's Book) Khusboo Baloch is an aspiring Sindhi short-story writer; she hails from Johi, District Dadu of Sindh province. She completed her intermediate from Dadu and got admission in university for higher education, she happens to be the first female from her area to get higher education.   Recently collection of her short stories “Samaj Ain Sachai” has been published by Chandoki Publication, in 2022. Her stories reflect the evil norms prevailing in society, most of her stories roam around oppressed women of rural Sindh, and she has tried to portray suffering of women and girls in a male dominated society.     There are 30 short stories in her first book, written with simplicity of language, she is inspired from realist literary movement and her stories and characters are reflection of society. Since 2008, she is teaching as a lecturer in a girls’ college at Hyderabad, Sindh. In this interview with WiseSindh, she has shared her ideas regarding fiction
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Short Fiction By Dr Shamim Mari

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  Dr. Shamim Mari is known as the bold writer of Sindhi language. She depicts problems of women in Sindh in her fiction. She has become a strong voice for women’s rights in recent time. She is PhD. In 2017, she was invited as a speaker in Ted Talks, USA, while she was a fellow of Acumen Pakistan (chapter) in 2015. In 2019, she got the best fiction writer award and woman role model award. Dr. Mari was also given award for her social activities in her hometown Mirpur Khas. Her stories are self-explanatory of sexual and gender issues of girls and women which they face from cradle to grave in rigid conservative societies Pakistan. The collection of her short stories and fiction titled “Meeran Jogan” was published in 2018, by Kanwal Publication, Kamber.          Short Fiction of Dr Mari (Translated from Sindhi):                                 Tradition: Haji Sahib was a renowned personality in the village; he was respected by everyone including men, women and children. Being a re
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