In the Name of Ismat Chughtai The Progressive And The Playful
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| Author: | Edited by Debashree Dattaray and Epsita Halder |
| ISBN 13: | 9789369731596 |
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Pages: | 192pp., 14x21.6cm |
| Series/Volumes: | Studies in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University |
| Published On: | 29th May 2026 |
| Subject: | Language and literature |
About the Book
CONTENTS: Acknowledgements,
General Introduction: Introduction,
1. The Unyielding Yen: Chughtai, Kaushal, Sehgal, and All that which Drove Indian Cinema of 1940s–50s-Madhuja Mukherjee,
2. In Search of No Man’s Land: Chughtai, Manto and Ghatak-Manas Ghosh,
3. Casements of Selfhood: Khakas (pen-portraits) by/of Ismat Chughtai-Fatima Rizvi and Kakul Hai,
4. Between the Erotic and the Social in Ismat Chughtai’s Short Stories-Kiran Keshavamurthy,
5. Socialist Realism and the Progressive Movement in Urdu Literature-Kunal Chattopadhyay,
6. The Fabric of the Story: Chughtai’s Craft-Sucheta Bhattacharya,
7. A Changing Mind, a Changing Body: Understanding the Journey into Female Adolescence through Terhi Lakeer and Lal Tin Ki Chhat-Urmi Sengupta.
8. Codes of Censorship in Pre-Independence India: An Analysis of Chughtai and the Progressives-Debjani Chakrabarty,
9. The Possibilities of a Genre: Reading the Life Writings of Ismat Chughtai and Amrita Pritam-Krishnendu Pal,
Editors and Contributors.