River Without Source

<p>Society changes its form but not its essence. The questions of justice love betrayal identity and responsibility remain timeless. Each age answers them in its own way and each individual must find their own balance between personal desire and social order.</p><p>This book does not attempt to resolve such dilemmas. Instead it attempts to portray them as they are - lived and felt by human beings in different contexts. The thirty stories herein range across villages and cities past and present individuals and families. What unites them is the search for meaning amidst contradictions.</p><p>If one thread binds all these narratives it is this: <strong>human dignity is fragile and yet it is the most enduring strength we possess.</strong></p><p>I invite the reader to walk with these characters not to judge them but to recognize something of themselves in their silences their errors and their persistence.</p><p>- <em>Fazal Abubakkar Esaf</em></p>