I particularly love the following passage which tells the thoughts going through Fatimah's mind during the ride.
"It was only in passing that she thought of the village she was leaving for good. As for quitting one and entering another, she never gave it a thought. Where did one have the time for Pakistan and Hindustan when one was eloping with one’s love and crossing the desert which divided, both physically and symbolically, the two countries? For her it meant just a shift in dialect, a smear of Kutchi added and a little of Sindhi sandpapered away."
Fatimah's willingness to leave home, absence of worries about fitting into a new family, and simplistic approach to the huge transition about to take place, are highly endearing. In a world which has a habit of throwing doubts at you, she shows us how easy it really is embracing the changes in our lives.
She makes us realize that when in love we shouldn't be afraid of taking the leap.
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PS: Do you remember reading the story in school? What relevance does it hold for you today?
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Nice post! Also I guess the salt desert symbolizes the gap which the couple has to cross as a new member enters the family.
:)
Also you refreshed my memories of school!
do u have full story about Love Across the Salt Desert?
@Fadh: You can find the full story at this link: http://cns.bu.edu/~sat/satblog/fotos/lasd.pdf
i could connect to dis bcoz even my name is fatimah!!!!lolzzz!!
@Fatimah: Thanks for dropping by my blog. Hope you connect with some of my other posts as well. :)
Wow, thanks a lot @nclgirl for sharing the story. I rejoiced reading it and loved refreshing memories of my school days.
We guys used to use dialogues of this story frequently ;-).
Well thanks a lot again.
Thank you Puneet for your nice comment. Please keep coming back to my blog.
Hey , thanks. We also had this story in tenth icse, but i misplaced my book. On internet i found the stories of the book. I was amazed to see that many other people still love their school day readings. Thanks again :-)Hey , thanks. We also had this story in tenth icse, but i misplaced my book. On internet i found the stories of the book. I was amazed to see that many other people still love their school day readings. Thanks again :-)
This story is very intersting
It was a great story. Crisply written, it still is so full of feelings. It is nice to see you talk about this story on your blog.
I am reading the story for my ISC Exams now... Its truly Bollywood-genre but the description and style of writing of Keki N. Daruwalla is awesome. Did you know its spin-off movie is Refugee ?
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