Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991)

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 *Chauthi ka jora (The 'fourth-day' outfit) (1946)*, an extremely literal, annotated translation by FWP (2007)
[*Part 1: the women in the sihdari*]
[*Part 2: Abba Jan's death*]
[*Part 3: Rahat arrives*]
[*Part 4: oil-cake kababs*]
[*Part 5: a handmade sweater*]
[*Part 6: the women take counsel together*]
[*Part 7: a last-ditch effort*]
[*Part 8: afterwards*]

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==Ismat Chughtai, "A Strange Man," intro. and trans. Tahira Naqvi, *Annual of Urdu Studies 18 (2003)*
== Ismat Chughtai, "An Excerpt from Kaghazi hai pairahan (the Lihaf trial)," trans. Tahira Naqvi and M. U. Memon, *Annual of Urdu Studies 15 (2000)*
==Ismat Chughtai, "Autobiographical Fragments," trans. M. Asaduddin, *Manushi 110*
==Ismat Chughtai, "The Quilt" (Lihaf), trans. M. Asaduddin, *Manushi 110 (Jan.-Feb. 1999)*
==Ismat Chughtai, "The Quilt" (Lihaf), trans. Surjit Singh Dulai and Carlo Coppola, *Mahfil 8,2-3 (Summer-Fall 1972)*

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==*SAWNET* [an overview of her life]
==*Naseeruddin Shah, interview, 2004* [he adapts her stories for the stage]
==Laila Kazmi, "Ismat Chughtai: Unexplored territory," *Dawn, Dec. 4, 2004*
=="A selection from Gudar ka la'l", by Ismat Chughtai's aunt; intro. and trans. by Tahira Naqvi, *Annual of Urdu Studies 18 (2003)*
==Tahira Naqvi, "A Note on Ismat Chughtai's Nonfictional Writings,"*2001*
==Leslie A. Flemming, "Out of the Zenana: New Translations of Ismat Chughtai's Work, *Annual of Urdu Studies 10 (1995)*
==Tahira Naqvi, "Ismat Chugtai--A Tribute," *Annual of Urdu Studies 8 (1993)*
=="Ismat Chughtai: A talk with one of Urdu's most outspoken women writers," *Mahfil 8,2-3 (Summer-Fall 1972)*

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