Ismat Chughtai
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The Heart Breaks Free & the Wild OneINR 299Gloriously provocative…fearless in her writing and acute about female sexuality in a way we still rarely see.’—Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian In The Heart Breaks Free, set in pre-Independence UP, ... -
The Collectors' ChughtaiINR 675In 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....
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Tedhi LakeerINR 395इस्मत चुग़ताई का यह उपन्यास कई अर्थों में बहुत महत्त्व रखता है । पहला तो ये क...
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The Crooked LineINR 499This masterpiece by one of India’s foremost woman writers is also one of the most celebrated works of Urdu fiction. ‘[chughtai] wrote with an authenticity no male writer could have matched. She b... -
Obsession & Wild PigeonsINR 299‘She brought into the ambit of Urdu [writing] the hitherto forbidden terrain of female sexuality…she changed the complexion of Urdu fiction.’—Mushirul Hasan, Outlook In the two bold and gri... -
MasoomaINR 299‘This book was not written for the faint hearted…A gritty anger and a biting realism combine with a keen eye for detail, not merely to depict the dark underbelly of Bombay [cinema] but also to scr... -
A Very Strange ManINR 399‘In this novel, Chughtai—whose reputation as a celebrated and controversial icon of Urdu fiction rivalled Manto’s—told the story of the Bombay film world of the ’50s. There hadn’t been a m... -
A Chughtai QuartetINR 400The four novellas in this volume span the inimitable Ismat Chughtai ’s literary career, from 1939 to 1971. Each one develops the author ’s central preoccupation with the lives of women as they exp... -
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One Drop of BloodINR 575“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...
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My Friend, My EnemyINR 450This 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...
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Quit India! & Other StoriesINR 300It’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...
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The Three Innocents, & Ors.INR 300This 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...