Ismat Chughtai

Ismat Chughtai
ISMAT CHUGHTAI is the author of several collections of short stories, three novellas, a novel, The Crooked Line, a collection of reminiscences and essays, My Friend, My Enemy, and a memoir, Kaghazi Hai Perahan (The Paper-thin Garment). She produced and co-directed six films, and produced a further six independently.
The Heart Breaks Free & the Wild One
In this selection of stories from one of Urdu's best and boldest feminist writers we move through the chawls, havelis, mosques and villages of India, meeting characters from all classes of society....
Few authors have blasted open the doors of convention as forcefully as Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991). In doing so, she brought to life stories seldom heard outside the zanana. Her unabashed, often r...
बहैसियत अदबी भाषा उर्दू की ताकत जिन कुछ लेखकों को पढ़ते हुए एक ठोस आकार की श...
इस्मत चुग़ताई का यह उपन्यास कई अर्थों में बहुत महत्त्व रखता है । पहला तो ये क...
“Once upon a time in Arabia, there was a loving, close-knit family. Muhammad cherished his daughter, Fatima, son-in-law, Ali and his grandchildren, Hasan, Husain and Zainab. Though they were poor...
This selection from Ismat Chughtai’s prose writing, comprising essays, commentaries and pen-portraits of her contemporaries, gives the reader a good idea of the artistic, political and social mor...
It’s Bapu’s birthday today, isn’t it? On this day Bharat’s son drew his first breath on earth in order to save its inhabitants from slavery. But why this air of gloom that h...
This delightful anthology offers us a rare glimpse into a less known aspect of Ismat Chughtai's writing – the warmth, humour and affection with which she writes on childhood. Shedding al...

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