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Shams Afif Siddiqi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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When he Asked His friend to take up his Hobby

Submitted to Contest #78

           SHAMS AFIF SIDDIQI‘‘Life sometimes leads you to a precipice,’ Zahid spoke like a philosopher though he was actually a realist. ‘You need not tumble down,’ he smiled at his young friend sitting on the other side of the table. ‘I will tell you how to cope with it. It will work.’ He frantically looked for the waiter over the innumerable heads walking through the aisle of the sprawling café hall. He was abnormally tall and looked tough like iron. People loved to see his physique; ...

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When Letter for School Reunion Arrived

Submitted to Contest #61

When the letter from his former school arrived asking him to attend its reunion, he jumped up in the air like his ten year old kid. His son would have laughed; Mariam could call him mad. She always did, even in normal times.  Reunion meeting of his school? A letter after so many years? He passed his hands over the envelope to see, feel the texture; whether it was true or a figment of his imagination. Yes, there it was a white envelope with a stamp and his name typed in block letters. Respectable institutions, individuals, still did...

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