Information AboutIsmat Chughtai |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ISMAT CHUGHTAI | |
| 1915 births | |
| chughtai, ismat | |
| 1991 deaths | |
| indian writers | |
| indian women writers | |
| indian muslims | |
| urdu short story writers | |
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In 1941 , she was charged with obscenity for her short story "The Quilt" ("Lihaaf" in Urdu) which dealt with lesbianism, among other issues. She was acquitted after her lawyer successfully argued that the story could not be a corrupting influence because the subject would only be understood by someone who has had a lesbian experience. Along with Rashid Jahan , Wajeda Tabassum and Qurratulain Hyder , Ismat's work stands for the birth of a revolutionary feminist politics and aesthetics in twentieth century Urdu literature. She explored feminine sexuality, middle-class gentility, and other evolving conflicts in the modern Muslim world. She was briefly associated with the membership of the Urdu Progressive Writer's Movement in Lucknow. Ismat Chughtai appeared in Shyam Benegal's 1978 film Junoon . She died in Bombay in 1991. Her autobiography is entitled ''"Kaghazi hai pairahan"'' (Paper-thin is the apparel). Her major novels include ''Ziddi'', ''Masooma'', ''Terhi Lakeer'' (translated into English as ''The Crooked Line'' by Tahira Naqvi, , 1995). END NOTE 1 See Chughtai for information on her last name. The Crooked Line is also being published, with a new afterword by the translator Tahira Naqvi, in the United States by the Feminist Press (publication date is July 2006). EXTERNAL LINK |
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