Someone take us back to the good old days, when life was simpler and our worries revolved around incomplete homework, kya din thay!
And today the internet is reminiscing just about one of those days, with a tweet that has them recalling their favourite urdu story books:
Raise your hand if you grew up reading these instead of Harry Potter and shit pic.twitter.com/z0vcAebv2U
— Awais Afzal (@awaisafzal_) April 22, 2020
Yeh cheez!
https://twitter.com/sob4n/status/1253214953743560706?s=19
Most definitely!
https://twitter.com/aliza_sukh/status/1253056858308456448?s=19
People were taken back to the time when they used to rent out these books:
🙋♀️🙋♀️
دو روپے اس کی فیس بھرتے تھے تین دن کی— بِنْتُ الْعِنَب (@bintulinnab27) April 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/shrekydogre/status/1253240864161386496?s=19
Never ending cycle:
Two books for 1 rupee and you could exchange those books later for one book and buy two more with the next day's pocket money ❤️ https://t.co/rGmLUlzjfc
— Ali Warsi – 阿里·瓦尔西 (@thealiwarsi) April 22, 2020
Some kept adding to the list!
https://twitter.com/khan_ahmad007/status/1253212532074045440?s=19
They were treasured memories for some:
https://twitter.com/anam_munsif/status/1253275792437542912?s=19
People agreed on loving both the classics, Urdu and English:
Harry Potter is not shit, but Until ayyar books had there own charm. Ferozsons "Dastan e tilsm e hoshruba" is just another class and is not inferior to Harry Potter universe in any way. Read and loved both of them https://t.co/GOBEmcm2RL
— Sherry 🍁 (@CherieDamour_) April 23, 2020
Jo baat hai!
In k baghir to bachpan socha bhi nai ja sakta tha un dino… aap ny tarzan bhai or taleem o tarbiat ko miss kr dia. 😥
— Qamar Iqbal (@QamarIqbal81) April 23, 2020
Many were recalling how reading these stories during study time got them chhittar:
https://twitter.com/Sheldon_Thinks/status/1252927987370115072?s=19
Exactly!
https://twitter.com/bilalkmughal/status/1252927475669176321?s=19
Some thought the comparison was uncalled for:
I read this and watched harry Potter as well i love them both! There's no comparisom.. Tum logun ko kia ho gaya hai. 😂 https://t.co/AJ5PcIOjiH
— 𝒜𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶 (@Alinalogy) April 23, 2020
People were remembering the good times:
میرے بچپن کے دن کتنے اچھے تھے دن 👍
— njahans (@Nudratjahan1981) April 22, 2020
Some shared the preceding series as well:
The first series of ten books were "DasTaan-e-Amir Hamza" and then followed "Tilsam-e-Hoshruba", with another ten book.
IMO, Harry Potter does not hold a light to them. As for English fan-fare, much rather prefer Enid Blyton then whatshername that wrote the Potter series.
— Sheikh Chilli (@sheikh69chilli) April 23, 2020
Haha, we’ve all read these at some point in life:
https://twitter.com/JulieAlexandar/status/1253250887209881600?s=19
Many shared how they still had these books with them:
https://twitter.com/humayunakhund/status/1253111456486260738?s=19
People were also sharing how these books had then falling in love with reading:
In fact from this I started reading books, famous 5 than , Sidney Sheldon’s sometimes Mills n boons 😉 phir Urdu addab, poetry I never liked fiction later 😊
— Mr Am (@saamirhassan) April 23, 2020
Hahaha, ata hai yeh phase sub pe:
https://twitter.com/Aysh_Lib_femi/status/1253057305870024704?s=19
Some even claimed how they felt Harry Potter series were plagiarized 😱
Yup! Read all of these plus Imran series. When I read Harry Potter and saw the movie I strongly felt it was plagiarised and/or inspired by dastan e Ameer Hamza.
— Saifullah Mahsud (@ChiefMahsud) April 23, 2020
Umro Ayar was a clear favourite!
Umro Ayyar my GOAT. https://t.co/GUtBZIo1Dh
— MGMS (@MGM_Safyan) April 23, 2020
Same!
https://twitter.com/haraamtequila/status/1252998311231045634?s=19
People were recalling how this was a monthly norm for our dads:
https://twitter.com/gothaani/status/1252933248314900480?s=19
People were feeling nostalgic:
Yaarrrrrrr this was my childhood. Oh u made me nostalgic. Sunehri yaden
— عثمان (@ithelionking) April 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/Misbaji/status/1253275216546983937?s=19
Extremely nostalgic! 😭😭
— #EndEnforcedDisappearances ٹیم نامحرم (@TeamNaMehram) April 23, 2020
I still have many of these. Loved them all. Memories of the golden days 😍 https://t.co/oakrupEstJ
— Zainab (@ZainabZ_J) April 23, 2020
Money well spent!
https://twitter.com/SirNaadim/status/1253291898200096771?s=19
Spend all my savings to buy Umero ayyar novels 😀
— Xyahid (@zahidismaeel) April 23, 2020
That was the first thing I used to buy from my savings
— Irfan Ahmed (@ahmedirfanmka) April 23, 2020
Those were epic!
Also, the Series of Inspector Jamshed, Inspector Kamran Mirza and Shouki Biradaraan – all written by Ishtiaq Ahmad.
— Irfan Chishti (@irfanchishti) April 23, 2020
🙋♀️
https://twitter.com/maulana_banana/status/1253235616424382464?s=19
True that!
https://twitter.com/jyakamal/status/1253078949481062410?s=19
https://twitter.com/ZiiSays/status/1253270688678453248?s=19
Some wondered if children still read urdu stories today:
https://twitter.com/ChAmirZkhan/status/1253302233090883584?s=19
Lol, business!
I remember i couldnt afford to buy them so i befriended a gal “khalida”she was well off n her bro used to buy n read n i ll borrow from https://t.co/r9HPZfxSK6 return i would help her in class tests.She was dumb in studies so we had this committemnt. https://t.co/viwmsgPrFq
— Sadia Rafique (@SadiaRafique86) April 23, 2020
What books do you remember reading as children? Let us know in the comments below!