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Happy Eid to everyone! I hope you have a blessed day and the time after.
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You never know how people see you and perhaps they see the best in you while you find the worst in yourselves.
That is a good saying for some. People with confidence or insecurities might be able to find comfort in those words.
Not her.
For her, she remembers a specific stanza from a poet she tends to seek comfort from,
'Dil ko khush rakhne ko, Ghalib, yeh khayaal achcha hai' (Translation: if this fable provides cold comfort, then the thought’s not bad. Not bad at all)
Because when we desperately seek comfort we tend to find anything even the bare minimum to hold on to. However, she knows exactly how people think of her. It wasn't a mystery to her when people have been vocal about her life and the choices she made. About her sins and reflection, she had. Everyone had something to say until someone can finally break her down and tear her apart to rejoice in the happiness of finally succeeding in the plan they had all along.
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Major Rabee Hussain, was an amazing hard-working man in the army. His presence was cold, dark and calculated and whenever he had people around, his presence demanded respect irrespective of gender, age or geography.
At the age of thirty, the man was still thriving and fairly good looking. His eyes were clear charcoal burning with a deep fire that scares everyone away from him. With zero mission failed since he was active in service, he had served his nation with dignity.
There was never an occurrence of events he couldn't handle. He always has plans and strategies. He has seen worse of humans and cruelty at its finest. But nothing ever fazed him. With years, if something changes, it was his presence enveloping the constant darkness around him.
It is an unpopular opinion that people in the army tend to block out emotions- they do for the most part. But, in the end, emotions are what allow them to serve their nation. To think selflessly about the security of those who sleep at night while they (army people) stay awake to protect them. To think about the generation growing up knowing they can be safe in the place they live in.
That is an idealistic and optimistic thought that is drilled into their minds. The truth was far from it. The country he served for years with his blood and sweat only turned out to be a hideous place for humans to live.
He might not know the news about the place but he has a clear idea of how people were abused, killed, oppressed and slaved every single day. How many hearts bleed because of another person. How people were asking for deaths instead of safety.
