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Lihaaf Summary by Ismat Chughtai
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Mohsin Maghiana 1 Dr. How co-dependent was the relationship, when after one day, the Begum started getting restless and started focusing on the narrator? Srijan Baranwal rated it really liked it Jun 26, Saurabh Agarwal rated it liked it Oct 13, Zara December 20, at Safdar Mahmood 1 Dr. Gclub45 May 5, at Ismat Chugtai'', this is the lihac popular story of Ismat Chugtai.
One of the best urdu writers and writers in general, Ismat Chugtai shot to fame or rather infamity with Lihaaf which was well ahead of its times when written and hence raised a lot of controversies. The narrator of this story, a precocious nine-year old child, is sent to visit an aunt.
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Paperbackpages. One wonders many such things: In the coming decades it was widely anthologised, and became one of her most known works, besides Angarey which remained banned for several decades.
Lihaaf by Ismat Chugtai
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Or was it when she watched through the drawing room door the increasing number of firm-calved, supple- waisted boys and delicacies begin to come for them from the kitchen! Pages using citations with novvel and no URL. It was written in in unpartitioned India. The protagonist was traumatised by their relationship. That night the peculiar noise started.
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The movement of quilt in the night scared her. Jul 16, Yogesh Sharma rated it it was amazing.
The author has captured the Begum's frustration and the resulting events in a sympathetic, almost comical manner, through the eyes of a child that does not completely understand what she's witnessing, and the story, though short, is a good read, with lihaff things that make you think.
A wealthy household with servants, and consequently, a lot of movement and noise one generally associates with households in bazaars.
Also contained in the book I read were 13 other stories like Gharwali, Chui-Mui, Mughal Baccha, etc, each beautiful and poignant in their own right.
Dec 17, Ashwani Mahour rated it it was amazing. Start it does, just from a different direction novsl expected, and the narrator walks into this setup.
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