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"Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") is an Urdu short story written by Ismat Chughtai which was published in the Urdu literary journal Adab-i-Latif in 1942. In the coming decades, it was widely anthologised and faced an obscenity trial. [1] It is one of Chughtai's well known works. [2]
Oct 15, 2018 · ‘Lihaaf’, the controversial short story by Ismat Chugtai was published in the year 1941, way before Independence, in an Urdu Literary Journal titled Adaab-i-Latif. It was about repressed sexual desires and the exploitation of another’s body to fulfil oneself.
Sep 2, 2023 · It concealed non-normative sexualities without curtailing them. Indeed, the writer Ismat Chughtai carefully wove one during the colonial 1940s with “Lihaaf” (“The Quilt”), an audacious real-life inspired Urdu short story that challenged heteronormativity, and in the process caused great controversy.
Jun 19, 2023 · Q. How does “Lihaaf” address gender dynamics and power struggles? Q. How did “Lihaaf” contribute to feminist literature? Q. What impact did “Lihaaf” have on society? “Lihaaf” Short Story by Ismat Chughtai. “Lihaaf” (The Quilt) is a renowned short story written by the acclaimed Urdu writer, Ismat Chughtai.
Jul 13, 2023 · In this paper, I study Ismat Chughtai’s short story “Lihaaf” (“The Quilt,” 1942) side by side with her essay “The Lihaaf Trial” (English translation, 2000). I also analyze their reception of these texts in regards to their treatment of sexuality, women, and morality in the colonial period.
Aug 21, 2018 · Ismat Chughtai's Lihaaf, indisputably, remains one of her most (in)famous works and the controversy it sparked hung like a perceptible shadow over everything Chughtai wrote after that. The story was charged with obscenity and she was summoned to Lahore to defend it.
Feb 1, 2016 · Quilt (Lihaaf) is the most controversial and most popular work by well-known Urdu writer of Indian Sahitya (Literature) “Ismat Chugtai”, story of Quilt is about homosexuality, which is still one...
