a safe thing for children, even though it should nt have been.
:grin

uss gherat-e-naheed pe shaula sa zimpak
jhapak jhapak jhapaak, lapak l;apak lapaak….!

Haven’t read the original Imran Series not even the ripped off ones by Mazhar Kaleem … but I started reading Ishtiaq Ahmed’s novel when I was in 2nd or 3rd class … the first one I read was “Khooni Boli” of the Inspector Jamshed Series, my elder brothers don’t allow me to read that stuff … they used to say that by reading them the brain slows down and blah blah blah … They used to have somewhat hilarious names like “sola teer teen fire” , “Matshiya kia aamad” etc. and crazy names of all the villains like Jeeral, Jimoof, Siimon, Slater (this one can be digested ), Jonat …. and places like Wantaas, Insharjah, Sharjistan, Baygaal …
But as I grow up I stopped reading them because his novels became more like religious sermons. I liked Inspector Kamran series more than the Inspector Jamshed ones because they used to have less brain-less humor and were more plot based. We used to call Shouki brothers as “Ishtiaq Ahmed ka kachra” lol

Ah, the good old days of Taleem-o-Tarbiat and Naunihaal (although I haven’t read much of Naunehal as compare to Taleem-0 but still I think it was good enough). As I started reading it during the 90’s, my favorite writers were Muhammad Younis Hasrat (late),Zakiya Bilgarami of ‘Chacha Bhularkh fame’, Hassan Zaki Kazmi of Science Fiction and the hunting stories by Saleem Khan Gummi. I still have a collection of Taleem-0-Tarbiat… I suppose I have more than 100 issues of Taleem-0-Tarbiat.

I read hundreds of novel by Mazhar Kaleem but as i grew up and became an engineering student … flaws of his writing started to reveal….I gave several tries but it didn’t work out … then.. i got attracted by ibne-Safi …I think I am fortunate to get in touch with this treasure….what a classic series it is…no supernatural hero and HiFi plots… just simple classic mystery and fiction writing..

On the other hand It really helped me to think and try to develop good traits in my personality… After reading this series…. I unintentionally tried to have such characteristics…..today when i am in my practical life for a while now .. i really misses good literature now…

I hope that the coming generation will get some good thing from it too..

Once again thanks for sharing.

u guys remember Insp. Jamshed n his three kids, Mahmood, Farooq n Farzana!!

i loved that series by Ishtiaq Ahmed.. Imran series also good..

Missed those old days!!

and yeah, we read taleem o tarbiyat as well.. Also “Nonehal” now who read thattt????

good post.. thnaks

So wonderful to have you back.. now I would tell you to keep writing, but I know that will only induce you to not write anymore. So, here I am, telling you to not write! The key to reverse psychology is in keeping it subtle.

Much like most other people, I started with Ishtiaq Ahmad’s novels – sometime when I was in grade 5. Being in a small city not many had heard of beyond its own borders in a country which not many knew of outside of the sub-continent – at least until recently when Dubai got it some coverage – had its disadvantages. You did not get urdu books, and you would mop up anything you found. I read the Umro Ayyar series, the Dastan-e-Ameer Hamza, and Ishtiaq Ahmad novels almost simultaneously with Naseem Hijazi and Rasheed Siddiqui. Truth be told, I never finished Rasheed Siddiqui’s Khuda kee basti.

I was introduced to Imran series by accident, and as tragic as it seems now, by Mazhar Kaleem and Safdar Shaheen. I remember being surprised at being told that the actual Imran series was written by someone called Ibn-e-Safi. After reading him though, I could never bring myself to pick up a Safdar/Mazhar novel, nor an Ishtiaq Ahmed novel.

What? Are you still reading this comment?

I am waiting for someone to come pick me up from the office I am marooned in – whats your excuse?