Urdu literature

Saadat Hasan Manto’s Kali Shalwar Highlights Prostitutes Facing Social-Economic Marginalisation In British India

By Nashra Rehman

5 min read | Mar 6, 2026

‘Masroof Aurat’ By Khalida Hussain Explores Women’s Space In Existentialism

By Mariyam Usmani

5 min read | Nov 7, 2024

FII Interviews: In Conversation With Author And Literary Historian Rakhshanda Jalil

By Zainab S Qazi

9 min read | Nov 3, 2023

Book Review: Kitchen As A Battleground In Khalid Jawed’s ‘The Paradise Of Food’

By Zainab Wahab

7 min read | Jul 12, 2023

Book Review: Bibi’s Room—Hyderabadi Women and Twentieth Century Urdu Prose

By Debabratee Dhar

5 min read | Sep 22, 2022

Safia Akhtar: An Underrated Genius And Connoisseur Of Urdu Literature |#IndianWomenInHistory

By Tuba Chauhan

5 min read | Aug 4, 2022

Fouzia Dastango: The First Woman In An Urdu Storytelling Tradition

By Srishti Khare

6 min read | Jun 2, 2021

Faiz Ahmed Faiz: An Immortal Poetry

By Ankita Apurva

4 min read | Feb 23, 2021

Ismat Chughtai’s Feminine Perspective That Subverted Patriarchal Literature & Activism

By Khushi Bajaj

5 min read | Dec 25, 2020

In Conversation With Smriti Bhoker— Women’s World Of Urdu Writing

5 min read | Aug 22, 2019

Salma Siddiqui: Prominent Member Of The Progressive Writer’s Movement | #IndianWomenInHistory

By Aishwarya Javalgekar

3 min read | Mar 28, 2018