ChhuiMui (Hindi Edition)

Theres too much acidity in your yeast! someone once said to Ismat! Acidity means something sharp, acrid, and stinging even the softest of hearts! This characteristic of hers is fully reflected in the prose compiled in this book. Titled Kahani, she has written about the journey of storytelling as a genre in her own unique style, which is presented here as the books preface. From Bombay to Bhopal is a reportage, Fasaadat aur Adab focuses on Urdu literature written during the partition of the country, and Kidhar Jaye is an article on the criticism of her time. Presenting examples of excellent Urdu prose, these articles present Ismat Chughtais views with great clarity and strength. For example, consider her answer to the students question about love: There is a need for love, like hunger and thirst! If it is a physical need, then digging deep wells for it is audacious. Even in the flowing Ganges, lips can be tarnished! As for the possibility of love based on friendship and common sense, the air of this heaven is not suitable for that! The rest of the works included in the book also blend narrative with memoir and thought, which simultaneously presents numerous samples of his acidic yeast through his frank opinions on social concerns, from home to literature and the countrys problems. An excerpt from Poom-Poom Darling, an article he wrote as a review of Qurratulain Hyder, can be read as an important document on the sociality of the people and the peoples literature. Regarding Hyder Sahibas characters, he said: Girls and boys gather, but there is a kind of indifference! Beauties are tested and evaluated like wholesale goods! As if copper pots are being purchased!