26. ONE OF US
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I had gone to Surat for a wedding. Mohammed, my masi’s son, had also come. He liked me, must have gone for qadambosi and confided to Huzurala following which Huzurala spoke to Mohammed’s parents about it.
When Huzurala came to Karachi, I went for qadambosi and he casually enquired whether I had met anyone that I had liked in Surat. I said ‘no’. The next day Muqaddas Maula and Burhanuddin Maula came to my house to see bawaji –who was unwell - and there Syedna yeh farmayu ke “Mein Mohammed nu mangnu tamaari dikri vaaste laayo chhu.” My mother asked for a few days so that she circulate this within the family and seek a consensus but Moulana was adamant. “Na muney hamna jawab aapo, je poochvu hoyi bawaji si poocho.” Thereafter, Moulana asked me for my decision and all I said was ‘Moulana ni je khushi hoyi’.Moulana yeh haan farmayu and I was engaged in a few days.
- Bahen Sakina Mama, Bombay