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In the 1920, in British colonized India the Urdu literature was either totally Islamic OR vile and vulgar. A young man by the man of Asrar Ahmad (RA) aka Ibn-e-Safi is sitting in a teahouse with literary friends and they claim that Urdu Literature cannot match the greatness of Sherlock Holmes without being vile and vulgar. 

Asrar Ahmad (RA) aka Ibn-e-Safi takes this critique to heart and thus Colonel Hardstone (Colonel Faridi) is born as a challenge to contemporary Urdu writers. 

He has no girlfriend, he does not fraternize, does not drink Alcohol and he does not flirt. 

The young Asrar Ahmad (RA) aka Ibn-e-Safi marries the daughter of Khaleefa of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA) but the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Kamal_Faridi]Colonel Hardstone (Colonel Faridi)[/url] becomes the most iconic character rivaling [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie]Agatha Christie [/url] and her Novels to the extent that she comments 

From Kashmir to KanyaKumari, there isn't a regional language, bookstore or library which is devoid of 


 

 

 

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