Chal mere dil, khula he mae-khana

I was late from office in morning, so decided to make up my time, & leave late. Asif bhaee & Waqas were like, going home & coming back is a bit hactic, so we panned to go to shab-e-jumma straight from offices.

I’ve been being late, since last couple of weeks, since the time they have moved the bayan from after-maghrib to after-asar. So I was thinking to be in time, this time.

There was still some time to go before I was to leave my office, when some colleagues turned up on my table and were like, we are going to have some drinks, wanna join? I was like, no thanks. I have some work to complete, so … sometime later. They were like, c’mon man. They named the pub near to my office, and said we’ll be there for sometime, join us once you are done.

… and I was thinking to be in time, this time

They were standing outside, when I joined them. Outside is better, as inside there is so much noise and it gets difficult to talk.

We talked on diverse topics and in some cases, I realized they were quite comfortable talking about the stuff we, normally, would never talk about with our colleagues. I, most of the time, stayed quiet in those discussions and just observed. Its a difference of social norms. Its, obviously, a different society.

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After finishing my drink, I headed straight, from mae-kadda to masjid