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The Literature Legend Of India: Ismat Chugati

Google celebrated the 107th birthday of a groundbreaking Indian writer whose work was celebrated but equally censored for its honest depictions of women’s lives. Back in the 1930s, Ismat Chughtai wrote on female sexuality and femininity, middle-class gentility and class conflict – subjects considered taboo for the age.  Born in a small town called Badayun, …