Ismat Chughtai a fearless Voice

By:

Negi, Manjulaa

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Rupa; 2003Description: 72pISBN:

9788129101532

Subject(s):

India-Politics and government

DDC classification:

320 NEG

Summary: Her bold, uncompromising vision mesnevised her evaders. In her writing kunat Chughtais courageous vice spoke lor the exploited and forgotten in Society - the women and the poon true individualist, Chughtai's life was a perfect mirror of her beliels At a time when women in ethodox Muslim society staved silently behind the veil, she stepped out to narrate the story of their lives including weiting on subjects considered taboo by other writers and facing a trial for obscenity for her short story Lihaal, Independent, controversial, outspoken, witty and humane, Chughtai velused to be cowed down by society's disapproval. And her mercurial life and weiting has inspired women to question dogma and demand their rights.

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Her bold, uncompromising vision mesnevised her evaders. In her writing kunat Chughtais courageous vice spoke lor the exploited and forgotten in Society - the women and the poon true individualist, Chughtai's life was a perfect mirror of her beliels At a time when women in ethodox Muslim society staved silently behind the veil, she stepped out to narrate the story of their lives including weiting on subjects considered taboo by other writers and facing a trial for obscenity for her short story Lihaal,
Independent, controversial, outspoken, witty and humane, Chughtai velused to be cowed down by society's disapproval. And her mercurial life and weiting has inspired women to question dogma and demand their rights.

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