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Obsession & Wild Pigeons - by Ismat Chughtai (Paperback)

Obsession & Wild Pigeons - by  Ismat Chughtai (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>'She brought into the ambit of Urdu [writing] the hitherto forbidden terrain of female sexuality...she changed the complexion of Urdu fiction.'--Mushirul Hasan, <em>Outlook</em></strong><br /> In the two bold and gripping novellas brought together in this volume, the inimitable Ismat Chughtai writes of subversive women--subversive in unexpected ways--as they experience romantic and sexual desire, defy societal restrictions, struggle, scheme and sometimes court tragedy.<br /> <em>Obsession (Saudai)</em>, deals with one of Chughtai's favourite themes, the 'master-servant' romance--in this case, two brothers, sons of a feudal household, in love with the same orphan girl. And <em>Wild Pigeons (Jungli Kabutar)</em>--based on the experiences of a famous Bollywood personality--probes the theme of infidelity, dissecting the emotions not only of the partner who is betrayed but also the one who betrays.<br /> In Chandni and Abida, the main protagonists of the novellas, Chughtai gives us two of the strongest women in Indian fiction--clever, self-willed, flawed and, in the end, far braver than the men in their lives.</p>

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