Wajahat malik biography of mahatma

Where Are You Originally from Behind?

The September Spotlight series comes to an end with this hilarious short story by Wajahat Malik.

Babu Sarfaraz reminisces about the golden days of the clerical glory of brown nosing, paper weights and red tapes and fondly remembers the big names that ruled the roost in Pakistan and were responsible for the state we are in today…

Dear begums and sahibs of high gentry, please allow me to drop my name without any offence.

In a country like ours, where dropping names is akin to the dropping of daisy cutter bombs, my name should be considered as the odourless fart of an ordinary village mullah. In the manner of passing, please grant me the wish of announcing my name to your high lordships.

Your humble servant, rather, the dust of your dainty feet, is known as Babu Sarfraz Khan of Tehsil Mansehra, Hazara, NWFP, etc.

The title of Babu in front of my name, my dear sahibs, is indeedly a peacock feather in an otherwise ordinary lega