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Ismat Chughtai
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‘I went on a hunger strike’: How Ismat Chughtai protested against getting married at a young age
An excerpt from ‘In Her Own Words: Letters and Interviews,’ by Ismat Chughtai. Translated from the Urdu by Tahira Naqvi.
Ismat Chughtai & Tahira Naqvi
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When Ismat Chughtai re-imagined the battle of Karbala in her book ‘One Drop of Blood’
This was Ismat Chughtai’s last novel.
Ismat Chughtai
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‘This is foolishness’: When Ismat Chughtai met Saadat Hasan Manto for the first time
The ‘Lihaaf’ writer’s recollection of a meeting that was combative yet instantly comfortable and marked the start of a long friendship.
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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‘Quit India!’ This story by Ismat Chughtai considers the fate of one man who was left behind
An excerpt from a newly translated collection of the writer’s short stories.
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Ismat Chughtai on why eroticism in modern literature is necessary
All that contemporary writers are doing is to convert 'events that are taking place in the world into words', argues Urdu's seminal woman writer.
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