The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) : Chapter 21 - The darkness of guilt

Saturday, Afternoon.

This part of Marudur was called a “slum” for many generations. The new generation hated this name and preferred to call it “Firdaus Garden”.

The overwhelming majority of Marudurians used to live in this neighbourhood. It was densely populated. But, it wasn’t a slum in a real sense.

Firdaus Garden people were poor even by Marudurian standards. But, it was also a fairly safe neighbourhood just like other places in Marudur. If not for this slum, no one could say Marudur is backward.

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The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) : Chapter 20 - The solar system turned upside down

Shibly's Diary: 

I got back to my room after finishing the Marudur-First meeting. It was Tuesday, a full moon day.

I felt physically and mentally exhausted. I terribly wanted to take a long rest.

I felt lonely and empty.

Was it a correct decision to engage with Marudur-First?

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) : Chapter 19 - Can I lead the funeral prayer, Hazrath?

Tuesday, Morning

Full moon holiday

Mohideen Hajiyar’s dining hall. Mohideen Hajiyar and his wife Ziyana were having their breakfast. Hamdha had left for Colombo.

"I think you still want to take that boy with you, don’t you?", Ziyana asked her Husband.

"Which boy? Taking where?" asked Mohideen Hajiyar.

"You are talking like you have no idea of anything. I am talking about this boy Minhaj. About taking him with you to Saudi Arabia".

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 18 - The Age Difference

13th Day Since Shibly's arrival in Marudur. 

Saturday, Morning

Shibly couldn’t go back to his village this weekend. The principal had asked him to stay and work. Shibly had agreed. Even the new staff members had decided to stay in Marudur.

The Sri Lankan Profession (Novel) - Chapter 17 - The Business Trip

Friday, Morning, 10.42 am. 

Shakira's phone was ringing. She had just now finished her lectures and was standing in the outside courtyard of the lecture hall.

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.

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”.

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.

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.  

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.