Saturday, 5 June 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 16 : You will pay for this

It was Tuesday evening. In the partly constructed building upstairs of ‘Thajudeen Tea Store’, Minhaj finished his private tutorial class and got ready to leave.

Friday, 28 May 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel): Chapter 15 - “Cool water for my thirsty heart”


It was a pleasant Saturday afternoon. “Mammy, shall we visit Shakira’s house?” asked Hamdha, her mother. “Her father has been discharged from the hospital”.

Thursday, 20 May 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) : Chapter 14 - "We are late, Minhaj".


Thursday night at Mohideen Hajiyar’s house.

Hamdha was trying to concentrate on her textbook, “the introduction to social psychology” by a professor of psychology.

Thursday, 13 May 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) : Chapter 13 : Your brother doesn’t deserve her


It was afternoon. The shadows were growing. Asr, the afternoon prayer had already been performed. After raining for hours, the yellow evening sunlight was awesome.  

Sunday, 9 May 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (The Novel)- Chapter 12 - What could she possibly be doing right now?



It was the dawn on Wednesday.

Shibly prayed his dawn prayer in Akbar mosque. After the prayer, he stayed for some time at the mosque, reciting the Quran.

Saturday, 1 May 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter-11 : You couldn't guess who I am, right?



It was almost 9.30 pm at night.

The atmosphere was too silent. Not a comfortable silent. A frightening silence. More silent than Marudur. Even the sounds of little insects were entirely audible.

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel): Chapter 10: The graveyard


It was Akbar mosque neighbourhood. Shibly was standing outside Akbar mosque.

The area looked rich. The atmosphere was pleasant with the eye-catching emerald fields and greenwood.

Shibly was standing confused for a few more minutes, even after Hamzi left.

Saturday, 24 April 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 09 - The son and the daughter


It was Tuesday afternoon.

The second day in Shibly’s profession was over. He had decided to vacate the school quarters on that day itself.

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 08 - On the Terrace

It was almost nine o'clock in the night. Hamdha Muhideen got to the terrace and looked around the city.

Colombo was not likely to fall asleep. Life was entirely different here. In her native village Marudur, the night hours are perfectly silent.

Monday, 12 April 2021

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 07 - The Intruding Entry

“I know your responsibility to protect whom”, a man said harshly at Fahim sir. Shibly could sense a clear division within the crowd in front of the hospital. Some people were supporting Mohideen Hajiyar and some were against him.