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A review by pankajmehra
Lifting the Veil: Selected Writings of Ismat Chughtai by Ismat Chughtai
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Ismat appa at her best!
It is difficult to imagine a Muslim female writing such stories against all norms of the very puritanical, priggish society. Her choice of words, the language and idiom used to vividly bring to life characters and situations are magical. I was reminded of Alice Munro's story-telling in the Canadian context. Both writers are similar in the way they go into such minute details to bring to life the individual characteristics of their progeny.
The Quilt, Hell-Bound, My Friend My Enemy and In The Name Of Those Married Women (the title is taken from a verse in Faiz Ahmed Faiz' immortal composition Intesaab) are all favorites.
It is difficult to imagine a Muslim female writing such stories against all norms of the very puritanical, priggish society. Her choice of words, the language and idiom used to vividly bring to life characters and situations are magical. I was reminded of Alice Munro's story-telling in the Canadian context. Both writers are similar in the way they go into such minute details to bring to life the individual characteristics of their progeny.
The Quilt, Hell-Bound, My Friend My Enemy and In The Name Of Those Married Women (the title is taken from a verse in Faiz Ahmed Faiz' immortal composition Intesaab) are all favorites.