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Alexanderapolis
Chapter 5
Alexander the great found
this city at the edge of Evros River in 334 B.C. later on the citizen of this
city
moved to other places. In the
19th century, when Russian conquered this area and rebuilt this city and named
it Alexanderapolis, Now a day
Alexanderapolis is the capitol of Evros prefecture.
Six of them sat on parking's
steps. Their condition was very bad due to famish and tiredness. Their clothes
were nearly wet. They were
smelly and stinky like so many fishes in the basket.
They were looking at each
other what they should do now. First of all one of the Bengali, he took off his
shoe
and took out dollar
underneath the insole. Than malik did the same thing. He took out hundred
dollars and
lastly Adam out Yunnani
(Greek) currency from his hidden pocket which he had in his underwear. Everyone
got perplexed and surprised.
Adam said to everyone, "stay there" and started searching the gas
station. After
toil and hard, he found a gas
station. He spoke to him in English, bought a telephone card and asked him
where the telephone cabin or
box is. After having all the information he came to them. They were lucky that
police hasn't came yet. They
weren't as scarred of death as they were scarred of deportation.
First of all Bengalis phoned
their person and started waiting for him than maliks phoned their kammiyan da
munda (worker's son) and he
said wait for me. The last were Adam and daowd. Daowd phoned his intimate
friend Azam Chan but he
refused to do anything for them. He said that i live with someone else, if you
would
have been alone, it would
have been easy and possible but for two people. It's difficult, just think
about it,
food, drinks, place to sleep,
all these things. You aren't in Pakistan. Daowd said, but when you came to
Pakistan you said that you
come to Yunnan (Greece) than i will take care of everything. I entertained you,
you
forgot everything. Anyway, it
doesn't matter, maybe i will go back or maybe god will help me but i will
remember this forever. I will
never forget. Maybe we will meet one day in our life somewhere. He said this
and disconnected the phone.
Bengalis went with their
Bengali brothers and both maliks went with their worker's son but Adam and
daowd
were still there. They were
cursing their fate. They were taking piss out of maliks and they were at their
destination. It was evening
and they hadn't eaten anything. All of sudden they saw a person who had black
hair they thought he might be
Pakistani. Daowd said, "asalam-o-alaykum". He didn't reply than daowd
said,
"Pakistani" he said
Hungary and walked away than another person passes by. This time Adam asked him
in
English, "excuse me, do
you know any Pakistani around here". He replied in Urdu that i am
Pakistani, tell me
how can help you.
Adam and daowd were delighted
and happy and related him their story.
He asked them, do you have
money and their answer was no.
He said, "You know what
you do. You come with me. I live in Salonicco".
Both of them were with him
that person knew little bit yunnani (Greek) language. He bought train tickets.
They sat in the train and
train's journey started. Their first stop was Kamotini than Xenthia, Kavalla
and
Asprovalla respectively.
Their stop was salonicco. Both of them said, "Thanks god that we are in
safe hands".
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That gentleman hired a taxi.
They didn't know where they were. The taxi stopped in front of multi stories
building. They came out from
the taxi and entered in the building's lift. He took them at the eighth floor.
As
soon as they stepped in the
flat they heard someone was shouting and up roaring. We have guests. This place
isn't enough for us and this
gentleman has brought two new people, like its fowl's house. Due to tiredness,
starvation and distress,
bells were ringing in their ears. They were thinking that what kind world is
this. They
hadn't had any choice, they
had to listen whatever he was saying. The person who brought them said,
"Don't
mind whatever he is saying.
He is nice at heart. First of all you take shower and here are two tracksuit
pyjamas, wear them. Both of
them were astonished. It was like miracle. They were thinking that they must
have done some virtuous
thing. They took shower one by one and dinner was ready.
It was three bedrooms flat.
Three person were in each room so Adam and daowd their sleeping arrangement
was in television lounge.
After dinner all of them started watching Punjabi stage show on video. Adam and
daowd were dead tired; even
though it was very noisy they slept. Two 'o'clock in the morning all of them
went
into their rooms. Adam woke
up for a while and slept again.
Someone switched on the light
at seven 'o'clock in the morning and they were hearing voices like someone
was in kitchen. With little
break Adam and daowd slept again. When they woke up it was afternoon time. No
one was at home. Everyone was
disappear, must have been at work.
Adam and daowd were very
happy that they were in Yunnan (Greece). Now they were in Europe. They were
skint; out of money that
angelic and virtuous person had brought them in this house from
Alexanderapoulis's
parking.
They were talking each other,
someone opened the door, and both of them were a little bit abashed. A tall guy
entered in the room. He was
the same person who was shouting at them last night. Both were mentally
prepared that he will say
something but later on other people started arriving and they got little bit
courage.
One of them was who brought
them from Alexanderapolis. He called them, "Listen brothers, gujar sahib
is
calling you in his
room". Both of them entered in his room like they were culprit or guilty.
"Come in, come in. My
name is Aslam Gujar".
Adam stepped forward to shake
hand with him but he didn't bother to shake hand with him. He was being
confounded and humiliated but
this all humiliation, disgrace and indignity, he was feeling inside.
Adam, "Jee my name is
Adam Khan Chughtai"
Gujar, "and yours"
Daowd: "Jee Daowd
Ansari".
Gujar, "where you
from"?
Adam and daowd replied in
chorus, "we are from Pindi, means Rawalpindi".
Gujar, "Pindiwall
(resident of Rawalpindi) are very cheap. Two other pindiwall stayed with me
before you
people and didn't pay rent
and food bill. Anyway they can't escape from me. I will trace them if they are
in
Yunnan (Greece) than i know
how to get my money back".
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Adam didn't know about daowd
that how he was feeling but Adam was feeling that someone has placed a
piece of live coal or he has
been thrown from a multi story building. He thought that he should give him a
curt
reply but kept quite because
he thought they came here after having so many difficulties and hardships. So
he
should see the last act of
this European drama. He didn't realise that these all stages were bringing him
out of
dreamland and fairyland and
he was slowly and slowly entering in real life. He entered in fact's life from
fiction.
Daowd said instantaneously,
"we aren't like them".
Gujar, "you all are
same. We have written your name in the diary. We won't charge you two days rent
and
food. Next month you will
have to pay rent and food bill as well. If you will not find any work than you
will
have to give me your home
address in Pakistan. My cousin will go there and collect the money. Following
are
instructions, you will have
to remember.
You shouldn't tell anyone
that you newly arrived in Yunnan (Greece) rather you are living in Yunnan
(Greece) from last two years
before you were in some other city now you are here to stay with your maternal
aunt's son.
Who ever ask about us, you
should have to tell them that we are cousins or brothers each other.
Try your level best that
police shouldn't check you. European police don't say anything until unless you
commit any crime of if they
find you in suspicious condition or you don't do any naughtiness.
If you want to drink alcohol
or smoke you can but with manners and etiquettes and if you want to do
licentiousness or whore
mongering you can go to (he mentioned the name of that street) there but you
can't
any girl at my place.
Until you don't find any job
or work, learn how to cook and clean.
Adam was kneading flour and
daowd was chopping onions. They were thinking, this is Europe, everyone
wears shalwar qameez (shalwar
is a baggy trouser and qameez is long shirt up to knees in fact qameez word
came from Portuguese language
in Urdu. In Italian its called camicia) and talks in Punjabi (Punjabi language
is spoken in Punjab either
it's in India or in Pakistan. In India Sikhs and Punjabi write this language in
Gurumukhi script and
Pakistani write it in Arabic script). Daowd never spoke any other language
other than
Urdu in Pakistan. He hadn't
learnt any other language. He had ability to understand Punjabi but whenever he
tried to speak Punjabi
everyone laughed at his accent. His Punjabi was ridiculous. They were thinking
that
their living standard's graph
has fallen down. During one week they had learnt cooking. Neither daowd nor
Adam had any experience of
cooking not even making tea. They were thinking that they are getting army
training.
Daowd said to Adam in a
pleasantry and irritating mode, "well my dear friend where is your
philosophy and
literature".
Adam said, "To be very
honest with you, i never realises that life has this version as well".
Daowd said, "my dear, my
love, this is Europe. Haven't you seen that Bengalis went with Bengalis and
maliks
as well but our Pindiwall, he
betrayed and deceived us, you can't say he deceived us but whatever he did,
wasn't nice, despite that
when he was in Pakistan. I used to help him quite often. When he came to
Europe, he
promised me that whenever you
decide to travel, just give me one ring and your servant will be there for you.
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Gujar sahib is right. He must
have met with some effeminate or emasculate person. We laugh at others. Make
fun of their accent, at least
they take care of their people. Like Gujratis, Sialkoti, Sargodhian etc. Oh Adam
i
forgot, i have to phone my
family".
Adam said, "I have no
one, whom i will phone, who is living there. My dad and until yet he might have
been
married. Most probably my
father's new wife will be there".
Daowd said, "You
shouldn't say that".
Adam replied, "yar
(friend) you don't know the reality that how i am suffering. I am passing
through agony
but if you say that i phone
them".
They came down for
telephoning their families. There was a Pakistanis public call office at the
street's corner
where you can call on cheap
rates.
Daowd wrote the number and
gave it to operator and he dialled it swiftly. Daowd was calling his family
exactly after two weeks.
"Hello! Amma (mother) i
am daowd".
No one responded from other
side. He thought the line has been disconnected so he came out of the cabin and
said to operator to redial
the number. Operator redialled the number and passed the line to daowd.
Daowd said, "Hello! Who
is this? Abba (father) me, i am daowd".
Yes my son, how are you?
Where are you? Your amma (mother) had fit as she heard your voice. My son if
you want, you can comeback.
You don't do any hawking business, selling dahi barhay (its yogurt and lumps
of gram flour with spices).
You can start some other business of your own choice. If you like we will
arrange
your marriage, even with
bubbly. I will request my younger brother. I will fall at my brother's feet for
your
sake".
Daowd started crying and
said, "Abba (father) you don't need to degrade yourself for me. Now i will
come
back when i will be
something. With your invocations and god's blessing and benediction i am in
Yunnan
(Greece). I didn't phone you
because i wasn't willing to bother you".
"And what happened with
your friend the one who was with you"?
"He is still with me. He
is a nice person. I got courage because of him".
"My son i am repeating
again, god has given me everything. Don't need to worry about anything,
especially
about us, make your future,
if it's difficult to stay there, come back. Half chapatti of your own country
is better
than two chapattis of foreign
country".
Daowd never had lunch or
dinner in front of his dad. He never thought of it that the person for whom he
used
to think that he is stubborn
and miser. He loves him very much.
"Okay abba (father)
khuda hafiz (in god's protection). Take care of yourself and amma (mother) and
elders. I
will phone you later".
Daowd wiped his tears and
came out from the cabin.
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Adam gave his number to
operator and got connected quickly.
"Hello! Jee, i am Adam.
Where is Khaqan sahib"?
"Jee, i am his wife. I
call him right now".
It wasn't new thing for Adam.
He heard voice from other side, "Jee abbo (yes father) i am calling from
Yunnan (Greece). With your
invocations and blessings i am here".
"Putter, (son) make your
future. Don't come back. There isn't anything here. You know better than me the
Political situation of
Pakistan. These days I am not earning well as well and please send me house rent
and
money for other expenses,
note down my bank account number".
"Jee fine".
His father didn't ask him,
how are you? Where you sleep? What you eat and drink, any problem. Adam
disconnected the phone with
anger and grief.
The person who brought them
here, he brought another person with him. Adam and daowd were quite but
gujar sahib took his
interview in his own style than lectured him than wrote his name in the diary.
After
getting rid of gujar sahib
that new gentleman came to Adam and daowd.
"Salamaleykum, jee my
name is Abdul med (Abdul Hameed)"
Adam and daowd replied
together, "wa-aleykum asalam".
"What is your name"
(in Urdu for pronoun for respect is aap which is lei, vous in Italian and
French
respectively and tum for
familiar people like tu in Italian and French) that gentleman used tum instead
of aap
which was very strange for
daowd and Adam.
Adam and daowd were in a
condition of writhe and wriggle because it was their first meeting. He was
younger than them but he was
saying tumhara kiya nam hay (what is your name, come ti chiami) rather he
would have said aap ka kiya
nam hay (what is your name, come si chiama). Anyway, now they a little bit use
to.
Adam replied first,
"jee, my name is Adam khan chughtai".
Daowd said, "And mine is
daowd ansari".
Abdul hameed, "are you
brother? Are you married? How many kids you have?"
Adam and daowd got baffled of
his one after another question. Daowd said in undertone to Adam,"its new
item". Adam's sense of
humour strikes his mind.
Adam, "Abdul hameed
sahib i have been married. I have three kids. It has been three years that i
haven't seen
Pakistan. When i came i had
one son and other two were born later on".
Abdul Hameed asked him with
curiosity, "how is it possible"?
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Adam, "jee i write them
letters sometime and you know god is very kind. It's his blessing".
Abdul hameed, "really,
god is great, no doubt about it and daowd sahib are you married"?
Daowd, "my story is more
tragic".
Abdul hameed,
"how"?
Daowd, "my marriage was
a kind of love marriage. I was madly in love with her. I left everything for
her, my
mother, father, brothers and
sisters. Later on my family accepted my marriage. She got accepted by them.
During this period i got the
chance to go to abroad. My beloved, my wife, she developed her relations with
my
younger brother and she
escaped with him. What about you Abdul Hameed sahib are you married"?
Abdul hameed, "jee, i
love someone. I am madly in love with some girl. Would you like to see her
photo?
Shall i show you"?
They tried to hide their
smile and grin hardly and said, "Show us".
He fished out swiftly the
photo of his girl friend from his pocket and showed them. She was really very
beautiful.
Adam said, "Is she short
sighted".
Abdul Hameed: "no, not
at all".
Daowd: "is she mentally
alright".
Abdul hameed: "jee,
absolutely very well".
Adam: "than i don't
understand".
Abdul hameed didn't get
anything.
Adam and daowd got shocked
that there was only one tooth brush, one shaving machine and only one towel in
the bathroom. They thought
there must have been last person who had used the bathroom and he might have
left or forgot. They spoke to
gujar sahib that they need to buy towels, tooth brushes and shaving machines,
if
he can give some money as a
loan. He said, "There is no need of these things. There is tooth brush in
the
bathroom, disposable razor
and a towel as well. Everyone use these things, you can use them as well".
Adam said, "Okay".
"And listen there is
another thing that tomorrow you will start work. Both of you are lucky that you
are here in
summer season. This is the
agriculture and flower plucking period. Get yourself ready five 'o'clock in the
morning".
Daowd and Adam didn't have
any work experience in Pakistan. They were thinking that what kind of job it
will be. So they asked him in
inquisitive tone, "Jee, what is our job"?
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"You will have to join
Yunnan's (Greek's) presidency. One will be badshah (king) and other will be
wazir
(king's consultant)".
Both said with one voice,
"jee, (yes or what)"?
Gujar, "shut this
fucking jee. You are here only from few days and you are asking me, what is our
job?
Neither you have documents
nor have any skill. You don't even know yunnani (Greek) language and you are
asking me what will be our
job? I brought you from the road yesterday. I have given you food, shelter and
clothes and now i have found
job for you and now you are asking me what we will have to do. This is Europe,
who has documents they can't
find work here and you don't even have documents. Now get lost and prepare
dinner for us".
Gujar sahib was absolutely
right. Whatever he said was true. His lecture was unpalatable and disgusting
but
based upon truth. Both of
them had never thought in Pakistan that what is legal and what is illegal. When
identity card was being
launched in Pakistan at that time they were very young. Now they got the real
meaning of identity card but
millions of Afghans live in Pakistan illegally, without any documents.
Srilankans
and Bengalis live in Karachi
and other major cities of Pakistan and work there but no one has ever paid any
attention towards them.
Chinese have shoe shops in Rawalpindi.
Next day both of them had to
go to work. Daowd got job in a factory, where they were making wooden doors
and windows. Adam got job in
flowers fields. Adam woke up five 'o' clock in the morning without brushing
his teeth he took tea and
accompanied other boys who were going for work in the fields. Abdul Hameed
Khagha was with them as well.
Early in the morning when
they arrived in the fields, an old yunnani (Greek) was waiting for them. He
called
one of them in yunnani
(Greek) language and said, "Have you brought two new workers"?
He responded, "Yes, they
are with me. One is called tony and other is called jimmy. He named Adam jimmy
so Adam said swiftly and
promptly, "no my name is Adam, Adam Khan Chughtai".
The boy who introduced him,
he didn't like because it was his first day and he interrupted him. He doesn't
know the language either.
Abdul Hameed Khagha, for him it was okay, didn't make any difference.
Every one took wheel barrow
each. Following the instruction of old man, they started walking in flowers
beds
and started plucking flowers.
Flowers bed was that long that it took an hour in one flower bed. Adam never
had any experience of this
kind of work. He was in trouble but the pain he had after phoning, this pain
was
less than that. This was
physical pain which was healable after some rest or sleep but the other one
damages,
injured his soul. It wasn't
healable.
Midday exactly at 12 'o'
clock when they finished their work, Adam felt that his lower part of body
isn't
functioning something like
that has been paralysed. He was working in the fields in a bending position. It
was
very hot now. Adam got
sweated very badly. Adam desired to have a cup of tea but in these fields how
it
would have been possible to
have a cup of tea.
Adam, Hameed and Hussein,
thrice of them had brought the leftover of last nigh salan (curry) and
chapattis.
They opened the plastic box.
Salan (curry) was cold and due to moister the chapattis were wet but they were
starving very badly. They
didn't bother and started eating. During lunch Hussein said, "Adam what
you did
wasn't nice. I was telling
him your names and you spoke in the middle and told him your name in
English".
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Adam got shocked that he was
calling everyone aap (in Urdu aap pronoun is like vous and lei in French and
Italian respectively) and
everyone was using tum (in Urdu tum pronoun is like tu in French and Italian)
for
him that wasn't nice. He
didn't like it. Anyhow he kept quite.
Hussein spoke again, "it
has been only one week that you are here. Neither you have document nor did you
have any place to sleep. You
should have been thankful to gujar sahib that he has given you shelter
otherwise
you would have been cooped by
the police. I thought i should send you back but i thought about gujar sahib
because i brought you here
because of him. Adam's morsels were choking in his throat like he will spit
them
out. Adam thought a lot that
he shouldn't respond him and this parley finish without any unpleasant end but
Hussein was still shouting.
Khagha was busy in eating and Adam was listening but at last he didn't stop
himself and said,
"Husain sahib, i am very sorry that i interrupted you. I shouldn't have
said anything but i
don't like names of dogs and
cats like Jimmy and Tony". Khagha was trying to appease him, "Adam,
please
keep quite. We will lose the
job".
Hussein spoke again,
"fine you don't like the names of cats and dogs but yunnani (Greeks) can't
pronounce
Pakistani names and they
can't remember them".
Adam responded him again,
"So it means that we change our names, lose our identity. It means that we
have
inferiority complex. This is
exactly like that that Christians in Pakistan, they call themselves Yaqub and
Pervez instead of Jacob and
Parvick".
Hussein spoke again,
"jee, you argue and squabble too much because you are new here. If you are
proud of
your country and name than
why you left Pakistan, here, it's like that and it doesn't make any difference.
You
don't even have documents.
When you will have them, i don't know what will happen than".
"Hussein sahib, i will
be same if i have left Pakistan due to certain reasons. It doesn't mean that i
change my
name to keep my yunnani
(Greek) boss happy or not to lose the job. If he wants me to work for him, he
has to
learn my name. If i will
change my name today, maybe one day i will change something else. We people are
economically week but we
aren't week in modesty and prestige".
"I will see how long you
will keep your modesty and prestige. Your patriotism will be ended, when you
will
go to Pakistani embassy to
make your passport. They will treat you like a shit. They will reprove you very
badly then you will realise.
Adam had to go to work every
day, sometime he had Sunday off on the contrary daowd used to have every
Sunday off.
In the beginning Adam's feet
used to swell up and body used to ache but slowly and gradually he got used to
it. On the other hand daowd
was in awful condition. Where he was working they used to make wooden doors
and windows. His hands were
injured and wounded by driving planer but both of them were persevering and
persistent. They didn't lose
heart. If they had Sunday off sometime, they used to visit salonnico city.
Salonicco real name is
Thessalonica. Its foundation stone was laid by Macedonian general Kesandro.
After his
wife's name Thessalonica in
315 B.C. this city was called Thessalonica.
It's divided into two parts,
upper city and lower city. Lower city has big square called Platià Aristotelous
that
square goes up to Leofòros
Nikis road than river starts. There are loads of bars and expensive restaurants
on
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this road because it's along
the river. There is Agia Sofia church as well over here. In the lower city
there is a
mosque which is called Hamza
Bedazami. This is the biggest mosque of Salonicco.
Upper city has Agios
Dimitrios church. Apart from that there are other places. Like Dodeka
Apostolic, Agia
Ekaterina.
In lower city on Leofòros
Nikis road if you keep on walking on that road which is along the river than
you
will see a white tower. In
yunnani (Greek) language it's called Torre Bianca or Lefkos Pyrgos.
Adam was concentrated on
Salonnico's map and he was reading the history of Salonicco city on that
pamphlet. He got perplexed
that there is agia Sofia in Salonicco as well but the most interesting thing he
found in the pamphlet was
white tower. He requested daowd let's go to see that white tower.
Daowd said, "There must
be ticket to see that".
Adam said, "We will see
it from outside".
Then they started walking on
the Leofòros Nikis road. When they arrived close to the tower, it was not that
attractive as it was in the
pamphlet. In reality it wasn't that beautiful. Daowd said to Adam, "why
don't we
drink something"?
"What about coffee but
keep in mind, the chair you see outside the bar, we aren't sitting there. These
are for
tourists who come from
France, Germany, America or Japan. Here coffee costs less but these chairs
costs
more. I had this experience
in turkey. Anyhow as you say that that we people are here for labour work, we
are
here to earn and save money
not to live voluptuous life".
Adam entered in a small bar.
He ordered in English, disposable coffee for himself and beer for daowd.
Barman gave him coffee and
beer swiftly and speedily, just to get rid of him. Adam gave him different
notes
of drachma because he wasn't
well aware of yunnani (Greek) currency. Bar was at tourist place so they were
used to. Barman took the
right money and gave him the rest.
They came in the park,
carrying their beer and coffee. They were gay and grumpy as well. They were
happy
and gay because they were in
Europe and they were grumpy and sad because what they were thinking about
Europe. It wasn't like that.
It was beyond their imaginations after coming here Adam thought about
W.H.Auden's poem,
"Refugee's Blue".
"Say this city has ten
million souls
Some are living in mansions
Some are living in holes
Yet there is no place for us
my dear,
Yet there is no place for
us"
W. H .Auden
If you don't have any
passport or any identity card, it means that you do not exist in this world
even though
you exist and you are alive.
Auden wrote this poem for Jews but not even Jews rather any person who has
economic, social or political
problems even if he is Jew, Muslim, and Christian or belongs to any cast and
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creed. He is miserable and
pitiable. We should feel pity and mercy for him. This poem is for him. The one
who exists but due to certain
reasons he doesn't exist but he exists. His existence, William Shakespeare gave
him a name to be that's why
William Shakespeare's hero hamlet says that,
To be or not to be that is
the question".
That has been discussed
French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre later on "etre et rien" to be
or nothing. Famous
yunnani (Greek) philosopher,
the teacher of Alexander the great, Aristotle says that, "the best lot is
not to be".
Hinduism gave this idea
before Aristotle that, "Ajanma, Anant and Akal". Which means never
born, no end,
timelessness. That's why
Sikhs say that, "sat shri akal" which means the truth is
timelessness. At this point
philosophy and physics meets
together. Physics talks about "time and space talks about waves,
oscillations
and particles. If we are
passing through time than time should be there, if our existence is important,
necessary
than our birth is important,
if our birth is important than the person who came in to being, born, there
should
be some end of that person. I
think it's better to be instead of not to be. Not to be is cowardliness. There
is
much more enjoyment and fun
in "to be" instead of "not to be", When you are than there are
problems with
you and happiness as well.
The hardships which they had,
they were suffering physically and spiritually, internally or externally,
morally
or socially. These were
because of "to be" and there will be. How he could have explain to
everyone, "
actually which is to be that
isn't that, to be that, that it is rather in fact that is, that to be, that, it
isn't.
It was difficult for him to
explain the philosophical theories of Martin Heidegger and Soren Kierkegaard to
everyone. He was plucking and
collecting flowers in the fields in Yunnan (Greek) and in Pakistan he was in
the final year of philosophy.
There wasn't any comparison in fields and philosophy but he knew that very well
that "to be" is
better than "not to be" that's why he was suffering. He was suffering
because of "to be".
Daowd, shake Adam rudely,
"what you were thinking".
"No! Nothing, I had been
into philosophical world. Since i am here, I forgot reading, writing and
studying.
And what you were
doing?"
"I was watching that
gori (any European or white girl). Her legs were open and i was watching her
panties. I
was starring at her
continuously so she closed her legs. Yar (friend) Adam these maims (must be
originated
from madam and mam means
gori) legs are very smooth and soft and there tits are bouncy and full of
life".
Adam said, "I think
daowd you got drunk after having one beer".
Adam was guilty conscience
because of daowd. She must have been thinking very bad about them that how
pervert we are. He knew that,
it's not how you see someone. It's the way you see. If you are having fun and
looking at her even if you
pass some comments that you are very sexy. She will accept this as compliment.
It's
not what you say; it's the
way you say. Even if you are pervert and you have hungry eyes but she wouldn't
mind.
Adam addressed daowd,
"you shouldn't have done like this the way you did. She must have been
thinking
very wrong about us.
You know when we go from one
mohallah (small alley) to another mohallah. We represent our mohallah.
When we go from our city to
another city we represent our city. If we go from our province to another
province, we represent our
province. When we go from our country to another country we are the ambassador
of our country. Similarly we
represent our continent as well, so ambassador of our mohallah, city, province,
country and continent. So our
little mistake not even defames our country and continent rather we disrepute
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our religion and nation as
well. That's how we become ignominious and notorious in foreign countries. Now
if
she will come to know that we
are Pakistani, Muslim and Asian. So it will not even shame for Pakistan even
ignominy for Asians as
well".
His lecture hasn't affected
daowd because he was still a bit tipsy. Adam couldn't stop himself and he
walked
down towards that lady,
"Hello! Hi i just came
to say sorry to you because my friend is a bit tipsy and he was starring at
you".
Lady, "no...No...It's
okay".
Adam, "are you from
England or?"
Lady, "no, i am
German".
Adam, "what are you
doing in Greece? Are you tourist?"
Lady, "no i am cognitive
scientist".
Adam, "i am sorry, i
should have told you my name. My name is Adam Khan Chughtai and i am from
Pakistan and yours"?
Lady, "my name is
Friedrich Hiezerlich. What are you doing here, tourist or student?"
Adam, "i am studying
philosophy. I am in the final year. I had the passion for Greeks philosophers,
so i am
here". Adam knew that he
was lying but he was studying philosophy and philosophy is based upon Greek
philosophers, that's why he
had enthusiasm and passionate feeling for them, so it was half truth and half
fabrication,. This half lie
and falsehood was killing him.
Friedrich, "what are you
thinking".
Adam, "Nothing, I was
just thinking what is cognitive science"?
Friedrich, "it concerns
with wisdom and knowledge. Basically i am philologist but i am specialising in
cognitive science.
Adam, "what is the job
of philologist and cognitive scientist"?
Friedrich, "basically my
research was based upon oriental languages. As you know that Indo-European and
indo-Aryan languages has same
roots.
For example there are two
words murder and assassin.
Both have same meaning but
philologically etymologically they have different meanings and origins.
Murder: it is an old English
word morthor and old French mordre and now its called murder which means
killing someone unlawfully.
Assassin: it's Arabic word
hashish. It came to French language as hashishins and from French it came to
English assassin. This means
when you kill someone politically, religiously or any important or known
person. Like john f. Kennedy.
It wasn't murder it was assassin.
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Now i will tell you about
hashishins.
When Hassan Bin Sabah the one
who gave renaissance to firqa bataniya (Ishmaelites). He started giving
hashish to his slaves. Lately
they became his workers or you rather say soldiers. These soldiers, hashishins
used to kill celebrities like
Christian and Muslim leaders who were against them. They assassinated Nizam ul
Mulk Tusi, the governor of
Tus and they were also willing to assassinate Omar Khayyam but they didn't do
it.
You know that Hassan Bin
Sabah, Nizam Ul Mulk Tusi and Omar Khayyam, thrice of them were the student
of Imam Wasique. There are
many examples of etymology and philology. Doing research about them is called
cognitive science. This means
science of wisdom and knowledge. My concerns are phonetics, linguistics,
languages pidgins and
creoles".
Adam, "you have immense
knowledge about languages. I think philology and etymology are very interesting
subjects".
Friedrich, "you are very
right. The more you learn the more you want to know because curiosity is the
father
of knowledge".
Adam, "how long you will
stay here"?
Friedrich, "actually i
am doing research at the original script of bible because it was originally
written in
Amharic than in Hebrew
respectively in Greek, Latin, French and English. The most authentic
translation of
bible in English was written
in the 15th century. I did languages in university like Hebrew, German and
Latin.
German is my mother tongue. I
found it an interesting task. After Greece i will go to Russia and then to
Israel.
Because some old script of
the bible are in the Russian museum and one copy of bible is in the British
museum (London). Let's see i
will be able to the true and original text of the bible or not".
Adam, "can you recommend
me some good book about languages and philology".
Friedrich, "Why not,
Steven pinker's the language instinct. It's a very good book".
Adam gave her a pen and a
piece of paper.
"Could you please write
it down"?
Friedrich: "Sure why
not".
She wrote down the name of the
book for Adam. In the mean time daowd came closer to them. Adam
introduced him, "he is
daowd, my friend. I am extremely sorry about his attitude".
Friedrich: "no, no Mr.
Adam, its ok. I have been to Iran, Turkey and some African countries. I am used
too.
It's only the difference of
culture".
Adam, "this is my
address. I don't have any telephone number but if you fancy eating some exotic,
spicy and
heavy food. You are most well
come".
Friedrich Hierzlich, she put
his address in her purse and said, "Thank you".
Adam, "we must go now
friedrich because we are out since morning".
Both of them shake hand with
her but daowd was feeling shame and embarrassment.
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Aslam Gujar received both of
them and said, "Here they are shehzaday (plural of shehzaday means
prince).
Where have you been? Have you
been for the picnic?"
"Jee, we went for
sightseeing of salonicco. We thought today is our day off. So let's picnic and
make an
excursion of the city. Weather
was nice as well".
Aslam gujar said, "O!
Acha jee...... went for the picnic". He spoke with stentorian voice,
"tell me the truth,
you really have been
somewhere for picnic or you were searching for some agent. I am living here
since long.
I know the score. I have seen
many like you, they come and go. Don't you remember that i brought you from
the road and now you are
coming up"?
Adam and daowd didn't respond
him because he did favour for them. They were under his debt of gratitude
and obligation. They had
little bit fear too.
All boys who were living with
them had different mentalities.
Other boys used to wear
shalwar qameez at home and used to listen to Maratib Ali, Mansoor Malangi and
Atta Ullah Khan Esa Khelwi
(local and folk singer of Pakistan). House was decorated with quranic verses.
All
of them when they had day off
they used to play cards (poker). Gambling, watching Indian movies and
Punjabi stage programmes and
above all enjoying Punjabi video songs. On contrary Adam didn't like any of
these things and daowd too.
Adam's favourite music was ghazals and specially those who had poetical touch
and he used to listen to
English songs as well.
For both of them this
environment was strange, weird and bizarre. It was beyond their imaginations.
People
think that European culture
is different from Asians culture but for them their own culture which they had
in
their house was stranger than
European culture but they were tolerating everything just because of this that
maybe this what they call
Europe.
There was one change in the
wash room. There were three tooth brushes and shaving machines and towels.
Everyone took piss out of
them that they are spendthrift and prodigal. Aslam gujar insulted and
humiliated
them many times like he did
first time but then they used to come to the normal position. Now they were
habitual and get used to it.
One of their flat mates was
very bizarre and weird. Mohammad Nawaz. He had only one pair of trousers of
khaki colour and had pair of
black long army boots. He used to wear that khaki trouser and boots at work and
at home as well. Every Sunday
he used to wash his trouser and clean his boots and he used to wrap or cover
himself with bed sheet. After
washing and drying he used to wear it again. Adam and daowd never spoke to
him due to fear because they
didn't know the language didn't have documents above all they were from
Rawalpindi and none of their
flatmate was from Rawalpindi.
They heard about Mohammad
Nawaz that he was non commissioned officer in Pakistan army. After
completing his fifteen year's
service in the army he got retirement and started cultivated his land which he
had
in his village. Then he paid
money to agent and came to Yunnan (Greece) via turkey. His trouser and boots
used to revive the memories
of those days when he was in the army. Whatever he used to earn, he used to
send his family. He had four
kids. One daughter was adult. He was saving money for her dowry. Other was
still young, school going.
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One day incidentally Adam
encountered Mohammad Nawaz. Adam asked him, "Nawaz sahib, can i ask you
one thing if you don't
mind".
Nawaz said, "why not bao
(gentleman)".
Adam, "i am observing
and seeing you from last many months that you wear this same trouser and same
pair
of shoes. You have job, you
earn money. Why can't you buy another pair of trousers and new shoes or
boots"?
"Adam bao (gentleman)
you aren't married yet. You don't have wife and kids, when you will be married,
when you will have wife and
kids than i will ask you. I always think about my kid's better future. The only
money i spend in Europe in
for food and house rent. I can't stop myself spending money on food other than
that i do as much saving as i
can. Insha'Allah, (with the will of god) if my god will help me i will buy
house
than i will save some money
and i will start some small business. My greatest wish is that that my kids
should
go for higher studies. Adam
bao (gentleman) you can't dream about it that how amazing and good you feel
when you suffer and face
hardship for bringing up your kids. Even if i need to beg for my kids i will do
it or
even if i have to become
hawker, i won't mind. After marriage the most precious thing in your life is,
your
kids. You love them more than
anything".
Adam found Mohammad Nawaz, an
interesting person than he started thinking that he is son of someone but
he hasn't have affection and
love in his life.
Adam asked him, "What
you were in Pakistan".
Nawaz answered him,
"Adam bao (gentleman) i was in Pakistan army. I have completed my service.
I started
cultivating my fields than
via turkey i came to Yunnan (Greece)".
Adam asked him, "Why you
took retirement too early. You could have extended your service".
"Adam bao (gentleman)
don't ask me". Nawaz said, "Do you know in Pakistan what the
difference between
commissioned and non
commissioned officer is? When goras (white means English) were in India, they
used
to recruit Indian as N.C.O.
(non commissioned officer). None of Hindustani got promotion above subedar (an
army rank for junior
commissioned officers or n.c.o.) even though if he was better than goras (white
means
English) in qualities. When
they needed non commissioned officers, they selected from all around the
indo-pak subcontinent. In the
first and second world war Indians were being used as fodder and bait. Our
ancestors and forefathers,
they fought for goras (white) that these goras will not harm Khalifat-e-Usmania
(Ottoman Empire). They betrayed
Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. In those days there was charm in British
army's job, even if you were
non commissioned officer. They used to provide you basic needs and if you are
loyal to goras you were able
to sort out many problems. These feudal lords you see in Punjab. All were being
favoured by goras. Not even
Punjabis, Sindhis Baluchis and Pathans as well. When i reached at the age of
discretion, I joined Pakistan
army. I wasn't well educated but i had robust physique so i passed all the
stages
but when i started training
than i realised that what is the difference between non commissioned officer
and
commissioned officer. If you
are dog you will have respect but if you are non commissioned officer than you
won't have respect. In
Pakistan army they humiliate you very badly just to kill your ego but they
abased,
degrade and mock us like a
shit. Goras has given us very well knitted and concordant system. We will not
be
able to come out of it in
thousand years. You know bao Adam i saved my respect otherwise it's very
difficult
to secure and save your
respect and honour. The officers who don't have beautiful wives they don't get
promotion above major's rank
or the one who doesn't join their cocktail parties or hesitate to join them.
Before
partition there were some
sycophancy and wheedling people, rather traitor and perfidious. They were being
favoured by goras so their
kids got training in Sandhurst academy of England. When Pakistan came into
being, these trained people
who had the reign of Pakistan army. So you can say that white goras were
substituted by black goras.
Because of politicians and Pakistan army's personal grudges ninety thousand
army
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men surrendered in
Bangladesh? When we were losing Bangladesh, Pakistan army's general was
enjoying
himself with someone at hill
station. When he was being told that we are losing half of our country, he
said,
"Don't disturb me. Just
surrender".
When Aslam Gujar humiliates
you, it must be unpleasant and disagreeable but the way they humiliate and
abased non commissioned
officer in Pakistan army you can't even imagine. If you see that you will
prefer to
die.
I laugh sometime that why
Pakistan is called Islamic Jamhoria Pakistan (Islamic democratic Pakistan)
because
neither we have proper
implementation of Islam and Islamic Shariya (law) and nor we have democracy. If
they wanted to do this, what
they did. Then there was no need of two separate homelands. There was no need
of ideology of Pakistan; two
nation's theory or ideology".
Adam was being struck dumb
because of Nawaz's lecture that this khaki trousers man is keeping so many
secrets.
"Bao Adam, how you came
here"?
"Jee, i was completing
my masters in Pakistan. I didn't complete my education and came here."
Nawaz got gashed after
hearing that, "bao after having master's degree you could have found some
decent job.
What are you doing here? This
environment must be very strange for you. Maybe you don't like it what i will
say but in our village only
those people go to foreign countries for work who don't like to study and don't
learn any skill. Their
parents pay money to agents and send them to these countries. Before European
countries, people had trend
to go to Middle Eastern countries. Now they prefer European countries. There is
only one difference between
European and Middle Eastern countries. In Europe people usually or mostly
come on visa or illegally
than make papers but in middle eastern countries mostly they go and live there
legally. So in Arab countries
you can come and go but in European countries once you are in. You can't go
back without paper. You can
but no one wants to go back without papers. They spend a lot of money to come
here, until unless they
deport them. If you want to live here permanently, marry with some gori
(feminine of
gora means white) or apply
for political asylum, because i am sure that yunnani (Greek) government will
not
open immigration. Maybe Italy
will. They opened immigration in 1990 and legalized many people. I heard
from someone that perhaps
they will open immigration".
Adam said, "How we will
go there"?
Nawaz said, "How you
came to Yunnan (greek) from turkey. Agent will take you there".
Adam asked, "Nawaz
sahib, if Italy will open immigration. Will you go to Italy as well"?
"No bao Adam, i will
not. I will work in Yunnan (Greece) for three or four years than i will go back
to
Pakistan. Before i was in
army, so it has been ages that i am roaming about here and there. Now i want to
spend some time with my
parents, wife and kids".
Adam kept on working in
fields and Daowd was still working in factory. Now, financially they were bit
better. During this period
Aslam gujar never missed any chance to degrade and humiliate them. He just
needed an excuse. Now they
were habitual and get used to it. If didn't said anything, this was strange.
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Adam and daowd were waiting
that when Italy will open immigration. So they will go there with some agent
by dunkey because in Yunnan
(Greece) there was no chance of paper marriage and they sort out political
asylum case in six months.
For them it was better to stay illegally because when you apply for political
stay
they take your finger prints.
So you can't apply for papers or political stay in other European countries.
They
trace through finger prints.
If they will be copped you
during dunkey in yunnani (Greek's) territory, they will have option to apply
for
asylum and if they will be
copped in Italy. They will have option to apply for political asylum.
Daowd used to send money to
his family once in a blue moon but Adam had to send money every month.
Now Adam was thinking if
Italy will open immigration than he will need at least one thousand dollars
than
some money to stay in Italy.
Then he stopped thinking about this because immigration wasn't open yet.
One day by mistake Adam asked
Aslam Gujar what is the procedure of paper marriage than Aslam Gujar
insulted him very badly. He
was being reproved very badly. "He is here from six or seven months and
look at
his efficiency. We have been
living here last many years and we don't know these tricks. Look at them. It
costs money puttar (son) and
you know if something will happen during the marriage than you will not be to
stay in Yunnan (Greece) and
money which you will pay. You will lose it as well".
In fact Adam didn't know what
paper marriage is.
Aslam gujar again started
shouting with a little pause, "and for that you need at least one girl.
You can't speak
yunnani (Greek) language.
Then you need unmarried certificate, birth certificate and above all you need
an
address. Maybe you will
arrange everything but domicile (home address) in very difficult. You can't
arrange.
No one will allow you to use
his address. At least i won't give you".
Mohammad Nawaz interfered and
said, "Aslam sahib he just asked you. He hasn't brought any girl with
him".
Aslam gujar roared again,
"you just shut up, you fauji (army man)".
Mohammad Nawaz would have
beat him up very badly if he wanted but he hasn't said even a single word to
Aslam Gujar after that.
Mohammad Nawaz thought of his kids, wife and family so kept quite.
Adam never understood one
thing that whenever they talked about immigration or about documents. Aslam
gujar didn't like it.
Today, one again Aslam Gujar
decided to entertain himself. He planned and prepared the programme. He was
consulting and counselling
with his friends. They were in a mode of voluptuousness. He didn't know that
Adam was listening. He heard,
Aslam Gujar was saying something like that,
"Yar (friends) don't you
know that Selma of Uzbekistan she is beautiful. Bring her today and two bottles
of
black label".
One of his friend asked
Aslam, "yar, why are you so oppressive and rigid. You treat all the boys
harshly".
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He said, "You don't know
the reality. I have contacts with Turkish and Italian agents. When Turkish
agents
leave there people somewhere
in the parking or parks, I send someone to bring them here. Than i find them
jobs. Like that they earn for
themselves and for me as well. This flat where we live, bank has paid its
mortgage. When they have
work, they earn money, pay the rent and food bills. So i pay my instalments. I
save
money as well. If i treat
them nicely or be lenient with them than they will rise against me, couple of
guys got
Italians documents and now
they phone me and threat me and one boy was from Rawalpindi. He got married
with yunnani (Greek) girl. He
has yunnani (Greek) pass port. He has conceit and vanity of being yunnani
(Greek) although when i gave
him shelter, brought him here. He hadn't have food for three days. When he left
my flat didn't pay the rent
and food bill. Everything is written in my dairy. I can't sue him because
legally i
can't rent out even a single
room. By the way if Italy will open immigration than i will arrange their agent
for
their dunkey. Agents will
give me my commission. That's why shehzadayo (lot of prince) i have bought
plaza
in Pakistan. Otherwise the
money we earn in Europe with that can eat, drink, pay taxes to goras (white)
and
don't save anything.
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