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In this Urdu-language collection: Shehr e Do Qissa (excerpt) by Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi; "Ahram ka Meer Muhasib", a story by Naiyer Masud; "Chooha" by Mumtaz Mufti; "Ta’aqub" by Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor; and "Peetal ka Ghanta".

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Urdu-language selections, featuring "Khaana Vazir", "Jul Kuukri", "Chauthi ka Jora", and more.

Taaoos Chaman Ki Myna is an award-winning short story written by Naiyer Masud, an Urdu writer from Lucknow. The story is set in Lucknow during the mid-1800s. Wajid Ali Shah, the Nawab of Awadh, has a large cage full of beautiful mynahs in his garden in Qaisar Bagh. Kaley Khan is a poor employee in the Nawab's garden. The story follows the plight of Kaley Khan and his family, and specifically what happens when he steals one of the mynahs for his daughter, who has long been asking for one.