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Ismat Chughtai was an eminent Urdu writer, known for her strong feminist writings. Many of her writings such as 'Angarey' and 'Lihaf' were banned because they offended conservatives. This book is a collection of reflections on Ismat Chughtai. The essays in this volume shed light on her controversial life and literature.
List of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Rakhshanda Jalil
- 1: Disorderly Discernments: How Does One Look Through What Can Be Seen? Ismat Chughtai on the Train- Geeta Patel
- 2: Looking for Ismat Chughtai: Journeys in Reading and Translation- Tahira Naqvi
- 3: Gender, Modernity, and Nationalist Sensibility in Terhi Lakeer - Fatima Rizvi
- 4: Ismat Chughtai: A Talk with One of Urdu's Most Outspoken Women Writers - Carlo Coppola
- 5: Teen Anari: A World of Laughter and Lessons - Syeda S. Hameed
- 6: Lady Chenghiz Khan - Qurratulain Hyder (Translated by Deeba Zafir)
- 7: The 'Sex Appeal' of Ismat Chughtai's Language - Faiz Ahmad Faiz
- (Translated by Mohammad Asiz Siddiqui)
- 8: The Elusiveness of the Ordinary in Ismat's Stories - Krishan Chandar (Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
- 9: Ismat Chughtai: A Reminscence - Muhammad Hasan Askari (Translated by Asif Farrukhi)
- 10: Ismat Chughtai: An Individualistic and Quirky Author - Khalil-ur Rehman Azmi (Translated by Huma Mirza)
- 11: Breaching old fortifications, finding new pathways - Patras Bukhari (Translated by Fatima Rizvi)
- 12: Crossing the Line of Fear - Hajra Masrur (Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
- 13: The Dozakhi Ismat Chughtai - Upendranath Ashk (Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
- 14: 'The Dirt is in Their Minds': An Interview - Asif Aslam Farrukhi
- Bibliography
- About the Editor and Contributors
About the author
Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic, and literary historian. She is the author of Lies: Half Told (Srishti 2002), Black Borders: Through the Closed Doorway (Rupa 2003), Circle and Other Stories (Rupa 2003), A Winters Tale and Other Stories (Puffin 2007), The Temple and the Mosque (HarperCollins 2011), Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of The Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu (OUP 2014) and Pigeons of the Domes (Niyogi Books 2015).
Summary
Ismat Chughtai was an eminent Urdu writer, known for her strong feminist writings. Many of her writings such as 'Angarey' and 'Lihaf' were banned because they offended conservatives. This book is a collection of reflections on Ismat Chughtai. The essays in this volume shed light on her controversial life and literature.
