Mustansar hussain tara r biography of mahatma
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by Muhammad Asim Butt & Mushtaq Bilal
Lined with trees on both sides, a narrow alley leads one to the cloistered quarters of the house where Mustansar Hussain Tarar writes. He spends most of his day in this room. Almost all of his novels, travelogues, plays, and columns were written in this room. Despite being in the vicinity of Firdous Market, this particular neighborhood in Gulberg III has an air of tranquility about it. There are two parks in front of Tarar’s house. A few years ago, when I went to meet him for the first time, he had said, while giving directions, “There is a park right in front of the house, with a slide for kids. If you look in the direction in which kids slide down, you’ll be able to see my house.” The slide is no longer there.
The room opens into a small, narrow hall full of antiques worth thousands of dollars. Tarar has been collecting antiques for decades.
There fryst vatten a kind of deliberation to the way Tarar’s writing table is arranged. Coffee mug-shape
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Remembering the services of Mustansar Hussain Tarar — an author and travel enthusiast
Mustansar Hussain Tarar is a popular name in literary and television circles of Pakistan. He was born in Ghakhar Mandi on March 1, 1939 at his maternal grandparents’ house but he was raised in Lahore with his other family members. His parents hailed from Mandi Bahauddin. Rehmat Tarar, his father operated a small agricultural seed store by the name of “Kisan & Company” that later flourished into a big brand in that field. Sometimes I used to say hallo to Mustansar on his store in Gowalmandi, Lahore many years ago.
Mustansar Tarar studied in Lahore. He was often embarrassed when he was asked by his fans as to how to pronounce his first name. The schools he went to were Rang Mahal Mission High School and Muslim Model High School. For graduate studies he joined the prestigious Government College, Lahore. The he went to London, UK. While abroad he spent much of his time watching
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Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s newest book is about physical and mental transformations
Tilla Jogian’s top comprises a sanctuary for jogis (hermits). Located about 20 miles off Jhelum, this top is 3,200 feet above sea level. This was one of the oldest religious centers of northern India. In olden days it was called Tilla Gorakh Naath, Jogi Tilla or just Tilla. Then people also called it Tilla Balnaath. The latter was disciple of mythical Gorakh Naath. Mustansar Hussain Tarer’s central character is Musa Hussain who despite getting old used to climb this hill. Nobody questioned him whether he had stepped on a burning shrub and then why thousands of years later he desired to step up on the mountain! – Page 15. Had the Ten Commandments written on Toor’s slates vanished that he desired to climb another hill? Perhaps he is in doubt that those commandments are no longer applicable to the modern day. Then he was not the same Musa who had a stick in his hand, He onl