Shed Sheds", which argues that a "place of retreat" is a "male necessity" which provides men with solace, especially during their retirement. In contrast, in the novel "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, Aunt Ada Doom saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and retreated to her bed for half a century. To woodshed, or 'shed, in jazz jargon, is "to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in 'going to the woodshed'." The word is recorded in English since 1481, as "shadde", possibly a variant of shade. The word shade comes from the Old English
Umrao Jaan Ada Shahood Alvi, Adnan Jillani, Saif e Hasan, Ahson Talish, Shakeel, Anwar Iqbal, Shabbir Jan, Mahmood Aslam. And guest appearances by Resham, Meera, Gia Ali and Nighat Chaudhry. Umrao Jaan Ada Umrao Jaan Ada (اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. It is considered the first Urdu novel by many and tells the story of a courtesan and poet by the same name from 19th century Faizabad, as recounted by her to the author. According to the novel, the story of Umrao Jaan was recounted by her to the author, when he