Bin Roye Ansoo
(Urdu: بن روے آنسو ; lit: Tears, Without Crying)
is a novella by Pakistani fiction writer Farhat Ishtiaq, published in 2010.
Bin Roye Ansoo was first published in Khawateen Digest as a story
in its complete novel section. In 2010, story was published as a novel
by Ilm-o-Irfan Publishers.
The story revolves around Saba Shafiq, who is in love with her cousin Irtaza. But he treats her like his best friend, not a love interest. Irtaza then leaves for the US for two years, where he meets Saman Shafiq, who is his cousin and falls in love with her. Saman is Saba’s elder sister, and she was given to her uncle and aunt as a child. Saman’s adoptive parents die in a plane crash which was headed to Germany, and Irtaza brings her back to Pakistan. Upon learning she has an elder sister, Saba is at first overjoyed, but her happiness quickly turns to disdain when she finds out that Irtaza and Saman are in love and are to be married. In a moment of shock and despair after witnessing their marriage and realizing Irtaza is now Saman's, Saba wishes that Saman had died along with her adoptive parents in the plane crash.
