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- Hauled to court for obscenity, Chughtai decided to fight instead of tendering an apology. Her lawyer argued that since there were no explicit references to homoeroticism in, the author could not be accused of obscenity. The case was dismissed.
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Jun 18, 2022 · The fact that she was a woman herself was considered even more unacceptable by the patriarchal society. Furthermore, by observing her surroundings and writing about what she saw, she also managed to educate people about otherwise unspoken happenings.
Feb 14, 2020 · To this end, it analyzes Ismat Chughtai’s “Lihaaf,” a short story about same-sex female relationships for which she was put on trial in the Lahore High Court in 1944, and Chughtai’s own account of the “obscenity” trial.
- Nandi Bhatia
- 2020
Ismat Chughtai was brought before a judge in Lahore to defend herself against charges of obscenity. Chughtai has written about the trial in her memoir Kaghazi Hai Pairahan (A Life in Words). In the lead-up to the trial, Chughtai traveled to Lahore and stayed with the author Aslam Sahab, who advised her to apologize to the judge.
- Ismat Chughtai
The publication of "Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") led to much controversy, uproar and an obscenity trial, where Ismat had to defend herself in the Lahore Court.
Upon release, Lihaaf attracted criticism for its suggestion of female homosexuality and a subsequent trial, with Chughtai being summoned by the Lahore High Court to defend herself against the charges of "obscenity". [14]
Hauled to court for obscenity, Chughtai decided to fight instead of tendering an apology. Her lawyer argued that since there were no explicit references to homoeroticism in Lihaaf ,...
It was quite ironic that the kind of attitude of the male dominated society that Chughtai used to scoff at, also became the reason for her to be summoned by the court on the charges of alleged ‘obscenity’ in her short story ‘Lihaf‘. When questioned about ‘obscenity’ in her stories in an interview, she said
