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Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1915 – 24 October 1991) was an Indian Urdu novelist, short story writer, liberal humanist and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1930s, she wrote extensively on themes including female sexuality and femininity, middle-class gentility, and class conflict, often from a Marxist perspective.
Oct 24, 1991 · Ismat Chughtai is considered by many to be the fourth pillar of modern Urdu fiction along with Saadat Hassan Manto, Rajendra Singh Bedi, and Krishan Chandar. In terms of notoriety and fame, controversy and popularity, she is ahead of any other Urdu novelist.
One of the most prominent fiction writers of the non-traditional kind, well known for her stories 'Lihaf' and 'Tedhi Lakeer'. ALL.
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.
Ismat Chughtai’s Feminine Perspective That Subverted Patriarchal Literature & Activism. Ismat Chughtai's observational writing and essays act as a window to see the social and political bearings of being an unapologetic and independent woman during her time. By Khushi Bajaj Dec 25, 2020 5 min read.
She was unafraid and a non-conformist, and developed the markings of feminism through her iconoclastic writings for Urdu literature. She was appalled by the set patterns of society and chose to rebel and question not just male privilege but heterosexual privilege.
Essay: A tribute to Ismat Chughtai. By Shoma A Chatterji. Oct 21, 2022 05:11 PM IST. Remembering the radical Urdu literary figure as her 31st death anniversary approaches. Though Ismat...
