Authors: Ayesha Zaman
The
Q
u
est
of
Ex
i
stence
(Jo
u
r
n
e
y
)
By
A
y
e
s
h
a Z
am
an
Copyright © 2014 by Ayesha Zaman
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
First Printing, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1503302785
Create Space Publishing
Dedica
t
ion
T
his
f
ir
s
t e
ve
r f
i
c
t
i
on of
min
e
, is dedi
c
ated to my
moth
e
r Shamim
Ak
htar and my
e
ldest s
i
ster
I
qra,
w
ho’
v
e
al
w
a
y
s b
ee
n a gr
e
at support
for me
in e
v
e
ry
walk of l
i
fe. I
am r
e
al
l
y
thankful
t
o my
fa
t
h
e
r M. Zaman, Brother A
b
dul R
e
hman and
e
lder sister
M
ahnoor,
w
ho ha
v
e
al
w
a
y
s
a
cc
om
m
odated
my
mad
d
r
e
ams in our
f
amily.
F
urther, I
am thankful
t
o all
my
tea
c
h
e
rs
f
or appre
c
ia
t
ing my
wri
t
i
n
gs
and friends who belie
ve
d
m
e
. I
c
an
n
eve
r fo
r
g
e
t
t
he
support
of my
c
ol
l
e
ague
Z
ubair who took
m
e
out of
the dark
and made
me
r
e
al
i
ze
that
I
worth g
e
t
t
ing on
t
he
board and last but not
the l
e
ast my
d
e
ar
broth
e
r Ale
e
m for alwa
y
s
e
n
c
ouraging me
to
w
ri
t
e
, w
r
i
te and wr
i
te.
And a sp
ec
ial
thanks to
e
ve
r
y
one
who’s
r
e
ading
i
t!
Disclaimer
All the work done in the novel is based on the author’s creative thoughts and imagination. It may have similarity to someone’s real life experiences, to some extent, but should not be considered to be true.
P
r
efa
c
e
“
The
Qu
e
st
of
Exis
t
e
n
c
e
” is
not
just
a
r
a
ndom
fl
a
sh
o
f thoughts
in
m
y m
i
nd.
I
t
ac
tual
l
y
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
with
me.
And
I
c
ould
h
a
rd
l
y
t
a
ke
out
m
y
s
e
lf
f
r
om
th
i
s
m
y
th
a
s
I
sta
r
t
e
d
e
nj
o
y
ing
the
c
o
n
ce
pt
of Exis
t
e
n
ce
.
I
re
a
l
l
y us
e
d
to
e
xp
e
ri
e
n
c
e t
h
e
se th
i
ngs
wh
e
n
I w
a
s
too
m
u
c
h
i
n
to
w
r
i
t
ing but n
e
v
e
r
d
a
r
e
d to sh
a
re
a
n
y
t
hing publ
i
c
l
y
.
T
he
c
ont
i
nuous h
a
pp
e
ning
a
nd
d
e
l
i
ght
of
the
i
l
lus
i
on
a
r
y though
t
s
made
me sha
r
e
it
with
one
of
m
y
f
r
iends
a
nd
f
a
m
i
l
y
a
nd
t
h
e
y
s
a
id that
it
s
ee
ms
l
i
ke
a
n
in
t
e
r
e
st
i
ng
sto
r
y
.
S
o
I
c
a
me
u
p
with
the view that
I
n
e
e
d
to
w
rite
it
down
a
nd
give
the
fo
r
m
of
a fi
c
t
i
on
nov
e
l.
Th
a
t’s
why
ma
n
y of
the
spots
in
re
a
ding
will
a
bsorb
a
lot
of
y
o
u
r
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on
a
s
I
c
ould
f
ee
l
wh
a
t
I
a
m w
r
i
t
ing
a
nd
put
up
e
f
fo
r
t
s
to
make it
a
s
c
los
e
r to
t
he f
l
ow
of thought
a
s
poss
i
ble.
I
b
e
l
i
e
ve
the
“
J
ourn
e
y
”
p
a
rt
of
th
i
s fi
c
t
i
on
will
be taking
y
o
u
tow
a
rds
a
n
in
t
e
r
e
st
i
ng,
rom
a
nt
i
c
,
e
mo
t
ional
a
nd
a
dv
e
ntur
o
us journe
y
.