Ismat and Ayaan
How does a secular intellectual feminist perspective emerge when one is raised in a highly patriarchal…
2015
The Free Radical
“Puzzled, I stare at the skein not knowing which end I should pull so that…
The Crooked Line
Ismat Chughtai, the most provocative and rebellious among women writers in Urdu, wrote voluminously until she was…
How Long Can A River Be Held Back By A Dam?
When I saw that tiny collection with her name on the spine on a public library…
To Be A Gentle Coloniser
In a letter she wrote to me in response to my translation of her story ‘Do…
Woman
Woman…woman…woman… Very good, disloyal, loyal, this and that, and god knows what else. In every country…
My Gori
Ismat Chughtai needs no introduction. Born on 15 August, and with a name that implies infallibility, Ismat…
Five Ridiculously Funny Things on the Internet Right Now
1. Bhai teaches Geography If you thought the mace-shaped locket that our very own Bhai…
Be My Rail Gaadi
Masaan Director: Neeraj Ghaywan Starring: Richa Chadda, Vicky Kaushal, Sanjay Mishra, Shweta Tripathi Rating: 4/5 The…
Where Reason Ends
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare…