Rail Kahaani
Rail Kahaani is a show put together by Zambeel. Five stories that are intrinsically linked through the concept of railway …
Tag Archives: Ismat Chughtai
Women Of The World Festival in Karachi
Dozakh a play by Ismat Chugthai is being performed in Karachi on 1st of May 2016 by Zambeel Dramatic Readings. …
The night-bitten morning…shab-gazeeda sehar
When one thinks of Partition, many of the images and characters which come to mind are from Urdu short stories …
In the Name of Those Married Women…
… is a chapter from the book A Life in Words: Memoirs translated from Urdu by M Asaduddin. It elaborates …
And then one day…
“…and then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You …
An Evening With Ismat Apa
Javed Siddiqui (Saab) commenced the mehfil with the introduction of short story writer Ismat Chughtai (Apa) in such an endearing …
Ismat Chughtai@Mehfil
Known as Urdu literature’s most controversial and courageous writer, Ismat Chughtai was distinguished both by the themes she dealt with …
Pom Pom Darling and Lady Changez Khan
Did You Know – Ismat Chughtai and Quratulain Haider (Annie Apa), both contemporaries and prolific Urdu short story writers, had …
Dedh Ishqiya: Inspired by Ismat Chughtai
Here is an interesting take on Dedh Ishqiya, the movie currently playing in theatres, that was posted on the blog …
Poet Majaz’s Tomb
Did you know that Poet Majaz Lucknawi is buried in Nishatganj graveyard, Lucknow. The epitaph written on his grave at Nishatganj graveyard …
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