In this story‚ the author probes questionable societal norms that most people blindly followed‚ and still do. She dared to address taboo topics at a time when the role of women in society was extremely suppressed and inhibited and in days when women were not granted any degree of freedom. One of the issues discussed is of the problems posed by arranged marriages. Here Begum Jan is married of to an aging Nawab. Both the husband and wife are poles apart as there is a difference in their ages as
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Ismat was born into an upper middle class family yet no one could take away the stringent mindset that trickled down with conventions. While other girls were raised to gain perfection at sewing‚ cooking and other homely chores‚ Ismat was more than happy to embrace books‚ much to the dislike of her mother. "She hurled her shoe at me but missed me‚" she writes‚ and as
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TAGORE AND ‘TOUCH-ME-NOT BY ISMAT CHUGHTAI: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. “Some poisons have no antidote‚ but are slow‚ silent‚ torturous ends that curl up the broken body swept into a cold‚ dark corner. There she is left to drown in her tears - a dying heart. Abandoned.” Rabindranath Tagore‚ in his short story ‘The Castaway’‚ draws out the underlying theme of abandonment. The boy Nilkanta’s life is chronicled by an overshadowing sense of desertion. Similarly Ismat Chughtai’s ‘Touch-me not’‚
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To be honest‚ I hadn’t heard the name before‚ Ismat Chughtai‚ though it sounded vaguely familiar. So I gladly picked up her “memoirs”—no‚ I wouldn’t define the book as an autobiography—more so because it is the work of an Indian woman‚ trying to create an identity for herself in a time when it not only seemed difficult‚ but improbable. Like I mentioned‚ it is not really an autobiography‚ but more like an account of her life growing up in Jodhpur‚ and also in Aligarh and Lucknow‚ where she studied
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defined as “a disordered desire for sexual pleasure.” In the both “The Quilt” and “The Veil” by Ismat Chugtai the sin of lust and virtue of chastity are major themes. The quilt can be compared to a veil as lust and be compared to chastity. “The Quilt” is story the recounts the childhood years of the narrator living in the house of a depressed‚ emotionally unstable‚ and bisexual women named Begum Jan. Chugtai is a very clever writer and writes this extremely controversial story in the perspective of
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PRESENTATION ON SAÁDAT HASAN MANTO Of the several hundred stories‚ the court found only two stories in which he had transgressed the law and was liable for punishment. But his critics and the custodians of society declared Manto to be retrogressive and licentious. Even the so-called "progressives" betrayed him. At one strike they tarnished his entire writing career with the same dirty brush as the others... To call a writer’s work nothing on the basis of two stories is crass injustice. We cannot
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Wednesday‚ July 26‚ 2006 Ismat Chughtai’s Short Stories Though her life wasn’t as drastically messed up as that of her friend and contemporary Saadat Hasan Manto‚ Ismat Chughtai was definitely a born rebel. She lived her life the way she wanted‚ and wrote the truth in her many stories‚ novels‚ and nonfiction essays. Chughtai’s most famous story is ’Lihaf’ (The Quilt)‚ which deals with a lesbian encounter within an all-woman setting (Zenana) in a traditional Muslim household. It’s a funny and
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name:- Importance Of Computer Assign no:- 2 Name:- Suneel kumar Class :- BBA 1A Reg no:- 1211243 Dated:- 08\7\2013 Submitted to:- Sir:- Haris Chugtai Importance Of Computer In Our Life Many technological advances have been made throughout history making life easier‚ one of which is the computer. Computers have changed the world‚ as a lot of things
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Importance of subaltern literature- a teleological approach Dear and Rev. Father Principal‚ respected staff‚ my beloved students‚ friends‚ ladies and gentlemen. I feel a bit circumscribed in to stand before you to deliver this keynote address. I feel so‚ because I am not a literature student‚ nor am I in any way connected to literary world except as a lay person who loves literature and its richness in bringing out human emotions‚ values‚ and worldviews. But at the same time‚ I am honored to be
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Sultan Saladin Sultan Saladin was the first Sultan/Emperor of Egypt and Syria. Saladin also established the Ayyubid dynasty. Saladin was born 1138 in Tikrit‚ Iraq and died on 4 March 1193 in Damascus‚ Syria. Saladin was married to Ismat ad-Din Kahtun and had 7 sons. Saladin was a Muslim military and political leader who led Islamic Forces during the Crusades. He was raised in a Kurdish‚ Sunni‚ military family‚ he quickly rose the ranks within the Muslim society as second in charge to the
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