Remembrance
Today I went to a place where just a month ago there was a death or it will be fit to say martyrdom. People greeted us like they always do, with a smile. There was laughter when after a long dua, the daughter of the deceased added that may all the students get good results. There was cordial banter and yet there was a lingering silence. A powerful one . Maybe the voices around me were hushed though I know they weren't, but that's the only reason that can make sense of that heavy stillness that laid around me. For long I waited for him to appear, with that contented smile that always graced his face. I was left waiting. The only relieve from it was when his son walked in; his eldest son. For a moment it felt like it was him . He looked exactly like his father. The way he sat, the way he dressed and the way his eyes seemed to look far beyond what was present and clear. He was just a little more youthful, not ridden with the many diseases that had housed t...