Dadi maa Chuni wi ..Granny Used to tell by Safia abdul Karim(Writing Competition)

It was about a decade back,that was a very very hot summer day and there was no electricity.Irritated I said,"It would have been better if Quaid e Azam had not struggled to make Pakistan,no electricity no water nothing,what is the use of such a country,what benefit does it give us." My Grandma was sitting calmly in this heat waving her fan as if it is as cooling as an air conditioner."Pakistan" she said and paused a while ,"beta do you know what that means? " Dadi I know Pakistan ka matlab kia La Illaha ilalAllah.She smiled and said "what does that mean?"

I was speech less for a moment I had never thought what actually is meant by that.I looked at her with a I do not know look.She took a dip breath and told me to give her the paandaan from the shelf.making her paan daan she exclaimed this is teh problem with people of your age. You get irriatated and loose the direction.If Quaid e Azam had known that youth of Pakistan will be that frustrated and disappointed he might not have struggled.He considered youth The future of Pakistan.Dadi were you not ever frustrated when you were of my age?I asked her.She smiled not as often as you atleast.

She once again asked have you ever thought what is meant by Pakistan?.No it is not just a country beta,It is an Ideology.An Ideology that moved millions of people.Hundreds of thousands of people had not left all that they had just for a piece of land.Pakistan is not just a piece of Land.

She seemed lost somewhere.Dadi what are you thinking.Oh those old Days.I was in Bombay in 1940 and how I wished to attend the annual meeting of Muslim league.My dadi was one of the most fortunate ladies of her time that had managed to study upto college.I remember how the newspaper were filled with details of the huge gathering at Minto Park Lahore.We all had just one dream,Muslim independent and sovereign state and 7 years only seven years it took to change everything.Once you have the direction nothing stops you,nothing hinders you.You complain about what this country has not given you,have you ever thought what it has given you? Rather what you have given it.No Electricity,no water,this that why do not you and people of your age overcome that.you can find new ways to generate electricity,to purify water..nothing ever was impossible nothing ever is.Just the will my dear just the will.she has finished her paan and leaned back and closed her eyes which meant she wanted to rest.So I got up from there and went to the balcony.Away I saw a young child trying to ride a bicycle and falling and I knew he would ride it perfectly soon.Because he was not giving up..Dadi was right why we are giving up why cant we try and paddle a little bit harder ????