{4013}{4054}Whether you meet or separate {4080}{4128}Who the hell cares about your story? {4270}{4310}Everyone just walks by you {4315}{4351}NNo wonder the world has|come to a standstill {4404}{4442}Let silence speak, then {4452}{4704}Let's wander into forests of dreams.|To find out if spring has arrived {4723}{4759}It's the age to sleep, the age to dream {4766}{4812}For just a moment or two actually {4826}{4871}Everyone just walks by you {4876}{4910}NNo wonder your world has|come to a standstill {5166}{5236}NNawab sir, everyone's waiting|for you at the publishing house {5241}{5315}The publisher, the press.|I've come to fetch you {5320}{5341}I'll be there right away {5375}{5447}NNagma, please fetch my sherwani {5454}{5485}I am bringing. {5497}{5533}But where are you going brother? {5538}{5593}I'll tell you later.|Give my sherwani {5615}{5651}Don't you remember|what's happening today? {5655}{5694}Yes, yes I remember?|What do you remember? {5699}{5715}You tell me {5723}{5773}It happens to be my mehndi,|my engagement ceremony today {5778}{5854}Of course, I remember it's my|dear sister's mehndi today {5859}{5898}There will be a grand|qawwali performance {5902}{6013}Delicacies conjured up by our|dearest aunt will be served today {6018}{6058}but how did you remember|that I must have forgotten? {6063}{6145}Because you don't remember anything|but your stories and books {6149}{6205}Awww come on, I remember everything {6243}{6300}I'll be back pronto|Pronto {6317}{6418}Ladies and gentlemen, before addressing|every gathering, everyone says, {6435}{6495}There is no need for me to speak|Without standing on ceremony, {6509}{6658}let me welcome all of you|lovers of NNawab's books {6674}{6746}The name NNawab is made up of a|few letters of the alphabet {6751}{6826}but this small name is recognised|and acclaimed all over, {6842}{6885}NNawab has become a household name {6902}{6962}We have gathered here today|not to release his new book {6969}{7044}but to announce that he is|beginning a new novel {7046}{7077}Gentlemen, photographs later please. {7082}{7106}he has been inspired|by a certain idea {7111}{7185}here's our beloved NNawab,|the master of penmanship, {7190}{7212}the pride of the country, {7216}{7255}the pride of hyderabad, the finest|novelist of the nation {7305}{7370}Dear friends, my apologies|for my late arrival {7389}{7631}I don't know what yarn my publisher|friend has spun in my absence {7658}{7713}Obviously, it must have|been an interesting yarn {7732}{7780}In fact, I'm afraid that after|publishing so many novels, {7785}{7813}he may become an author some day {7821}{7878}NNot to worry, I'll still|remain your friend {7892}{8012}Friends, I stand before an|enlightened gathering today, {8046}{8209}those who read, see, hear, find faults {8214}{8243}You're afraid of the sharp|pens of us critics {8247}{8293}even before writing your next novel {8298}{8355}When will you complete it? {8384}{8463}It's a story that can never be completed {8480}{8506}When will you start on the novel? {8525}{8708}I'm aware this question is being|asked since the last 5 years {8727}{8816}But my story isn't to|be blamed for the delay {8825}{8902}The delay's because of my main|character, an unusual woman {8931}{9120}While writing... my mind has been|cluttered with questions {9142}{9151}So I thought to myself {9156}{9302}why don't I ask the woman to give|me a new twist to her story {9341}{9420}Today my story has come to such a stage {9444}{9508}that the woman has become a riddle {9518}{9604}NNawab sahib, a woman has always|been a riddle for men, a mystery {9667}{9806}But the woman of my story is a|solitary point of reference {9820}{9861}She doesn't want to come to a|standstill like the rest of world {9868}{9988}So tell me my friends,|how can I ever end my story? {10014}{10077}Keep writing chapter after chapter|of your incomplete story then {10081}{10139}The publisher is your friend.|he'll keep publishing the chapters {10161}{10218}After all there isn't a dearth of readers {10228}{10269}never mind the hullabaloo over|the advance of the electronic media {10379}{10439}Meenaxi... Meenaxi... {10444}{10549}hey have you seen Meenaxi?|Find her yourselves {10561}{10621}There she is... boo to|you... we've found her {10626}{10667}Is everything ready for|the mehndi ceremony? {10671}{10731}Where's everyone disappeared.|Where is Khaajabi? {10736}{10794}Begum sahiba, I was organising|NNagma baby's clothes {10798}{10875}This NNagma baby is strange|exactly like her brother {10880}{10921}Just look at NNawab's room {10930}{11031}Sheets of paper are strewn like|children's kites all over his room {11036}{11172}Where on earth's NNagma? Oh here|you are, are you ready, my child? {11177}{11261}Absolutely. Aunty how do I look?|Praise be Allah {11266}{11299}You're glowing like the moon {11347}{11391}Where is your brother? {11398}{11436}how can he disappear|on such an occasion? {11441}{11477}Guests are arriving {11498}{11522}What's the use of complaining|about brother dear? {11527}{11578}he doesn't care about anyone or himself {11582}{11664}he doesn't have time to eat|or dress properly. he merely {11669}{11690}What're you chattering about? {11695}{11765}That books are your|only faith, your life {11808}{11865}NNawab, how could you disappear today? {11870}{11940}There's so much to do in the house|so many guests are already here {11944}{11978}Aunt, everything is clockwork {11983}{12036}henna will be applied on my sister's|hands, the qawwals will sing and {12040}{12110}we will eat the delicious|yogurt curry cooked by you {12115}{12153}and pumpkin kheer {12158}{12203}...and fig.|Dessert! {12225}{12251}Today you'll feast {12263}{12352}but what'll you do when your sister|goes to her husband's house? {12359}{12378}I've tried to make you understand|a thousand times that {12383}{12400}you should get married {12405}{12513}This house needs a woman...|but you never listen to me {13740}{13946}All around all around {13951}{14014}Light divine light divine {14018}{14090}Light supreme light sublime {14160}{14294}Flash dash light stabs the darkness {14299}{14436}Like a bolt of lightning stabs a black sky {14440}{14508}Beauty you are in the heart,|body and soul {14512}{14642}Your radiance is ravishing|your mood sensual {14970}{15241}Light only you know the answer|of what is divine {15258}{15385}I question darkness|and it turns silent {15397}{15524}I question brightness and|it is embarrassed {15538}{15812}I question the bird and|it says to fly is divine {15819}{15946}I question silence and it says|to hear is divine {15951}{16061}I question the flowers,|the leaves, the colours, {16066}{16155}still no answer just rustles and cries {16234}{16339}All around all around {17353}{17634}I lifted the veil|and saw your magnificence {17648}{17773}I went a step forward|to reach your destination {17785}{17915}I raised an eye and saw your face {17927}{18123}in the humhumhum of a moth {18128}{18195}in the khankhankhan of a hand bracelet {18207}{18334}in the mind and body of a lover|in the lasting gaze of separation {18339}{18404}in the cadences of melodies {18411}{18540}You are there only you {18550}{18617}Light supreme light sublime {18622}{18756}Light divine light divine {18761}{18833}light supreme light sublime {19701}{19727}Why're you beating him up? {19732}{19751}Go to hell! {19780}{19799}Strange brute. {20825}{20868}hmm, the scent of jasmine {21007}{21022}Oh it's you...|what brings you here? {21036}{21103}Why don't you ever close the door? {21108}{21218}But who are you?|My name's Meenaxi {21257}{21324}I've read all your books {21329}{21374}I remember every word of every story I see {21379}{21499}NNow I'm looking for something.|I need your help {21518}{21573}Alright. Why're you standing? Take a seat {21796}{21854}Why is the house silent?|Do you live alone? {21880}{21969}Yes. My kid sister NNagma was with me {21974}{22010}She got married recently, she's gone {22031}{22094}Our mother died when we were kids {22106}{22192}we went over to our aunt's|She brought us up {22211}{22312}When NNagma grew up we returned|to our ancestral home {22324}{22412}NNagma would look after the house.|I miss her {22477}{22607}hey there's no need to get emotional {22611}{22643}After all life is a game played|on us by somebody up there {22647}{22810}Life must go on. I can get by...|I'm lost in my world of words {22825}{22914}NNever mind. Tell me|what brings you here? {22921}{22940}Who are you? {23014}{23093}I sell perfume {23115}{23216}Perfume huh? Mercifully|you don't sell dreams {23261}{23314}But I've come to make you write dreams {23352}{23434}I've heard you're working on a new novel {23453}{23515}That's right {23532}{23602}This time I want to write|something different, {23606}{23628}away from the rut {23719}{23868}Perhaps I can help you how? {23899}{23971}By asking you to write a novel about me {23988}{24055}About you? I don't know you at all {24093}{24189}Look, it's very easy to write|stories about imaginary characters {24206}{24244}But it's very difficult to {24249}{24314}write a book on someone who's real,|alive and breathing {24328}{24391}Pooh. I'll tell you all|about myself and {24400}{24498}if there's something missing,|you can fill in the blanks {24503}{24601}it doesn't have to be|the absolute truth {24609}{24681}Stories can't be made of|halftruths, halflies {24709}{24767}Stories need something more {24810}{24887}Forget those essential|ingredients for a novel {24908}{24988}You can start a story|with just a face {25059}{25095}with just a feeling {25232}{25306}and at times, with just|the scent of flowers {25875}{25923}Why's my lady hiccuping away today? {26131}{26191}hmmm, the garage Babajee recommended {26...
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