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The Blue Room by Nafisa Rizvi : Short Notes

  The Blue Room Prologue Two  sisters Alia and Rania visit a beautiful country mansion They were mesmerized by its beauty They were accompanied by their cousin Kamal and mother Zebunissa They asked their mother to talk about her childhood and memories Chapter 1 When Zebunissa was born her grandfather took her in his arms He narrates the tale to every one of her birth and how he associated it with a dream Chapter 2 Zebunnissa belong to a prominent family of Jahangirabad There were 26 families living in town, a bourgeoisie town of Dera Murshid The settlements there are inhabited by poor people who face  scarcity of water They were having an ambivalent attitude towards the people of the town The place was deserted after the coal mines finished up Zebunnissa lives in an estate sprawled over 85 acres It had no fixed shape as it expanded with the family. When Zaib was born she was different, her eyes had something strange in it His uncle Asad called her " the little wise child"...