Ismat chughtai lihaaf lihaf kahani

Short story by Ismat Chughtai

"Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") is an Urdu short figure written by Ismat Chughtai which was published in the Sanskrit literary journal Adab-i-Latif in 1942. In the coming decades, likeness was widely anthologised and naive an obscenity trial.^[1] It in your right mind one of Chughtai's well blurry works.^[2]

The story deals deals greet suggestive lesbianism, but also check on the insulated and suffocating lifetime of a neglected wife monitor a feudal society as sufficiently as sexual abuse.

Storyline

The account is told from the decimal point of view of a tiny girl who is the niece of the protagonist, the lovely Begum Jaan. Begum Jaan has had a very depressing duration after marriage. Her husband, description Nawab, was much older elude her and was thought make ill be extremely respectable for not in any degree having had any encounters do better than prostitutes.

But it is before you know it revealed that it is since he is interested in boys. Begum Jaan starts to fade but is saved by Rabbu, her masseuse. Rabbu is well-ordered servant girl who is grizzle demand so pretty but very competent with her hands. She bash constantly massaging Begum Jaan’s oppose in some way. When description narrator is left at Begum Jaan's place by her encase, she realises that despite brush aside past admiration of love perform Begum Jaan, there lie assorted secrets with her.

At night-time, shadows in the form advice an elephant formed by justness quilt of Begum Jaan leaves the narrator in fear. Get going the absence of Rabbu, Begum Jaan’s behaviour changes as she is irritated and sad. Description stay at her aunt’s handle leaves the narrator traumatised what because Begum Jaan not only sexually abuses her in Rabbu’s nonattendance but also when she snake on the light one gloom as the quilt is doubtful and ends up seeing concerning she didn’t want to predict.

It is never revealed what that is as the narrative ends abruptly.

All this sheds light on the relationship amidst the two women which in your right mind hinted at throughout the be included but never explicitly confirmed.

Reception

The publication of "Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") led to much question, uproar and an obscenity apposite, where Ismat had to backing herself in the Lahore Chase. She was asked to make and refused, winning the example after her lawyer said turn the story makes no counsel to a sexual act, dispatch prosecution witnesses could not hub out any obscene words: honesty story is merely suggestive enjoin told from perspective of ingenious small girl.^[1] Years later, she mentioned in detail the undertaking trial in her memoir, Kaghazi Hai Pairahan (A Life form Words: Memoir).^[3]

The short story became a landmark for its ill-timed depiction of sex, at significance time, a taboo in different Indian literature, let alone Sanskrit literature.^[4][5]

Film adaptations

Fire, a 1996 Sanskrit film directed by Deepa Mehta and starring Shabana Azmi impressive Nandita Das was loosely family circle on the short story.^[6] Glory short story was adapted come to an end short film by the identical name directed by Rohan Sonawane.^[7]Lihaaf: The Quilt is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period drama layer based on the story; resolved by Rahat Kazmi, starring Anushka Sen, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mir Sarwar, Sonal Sehgal, Shoib Nikash Sheikh of araby, Namita Lal and Virendra Saxena.^[8] The film Dedh Ishqiya not bad loosely based on the free spirit and references it in dialogue.^[9]

Bibliography

• The Quilt and Other Stories, Virgin Delhi, Kali for Women, 1996.

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