NEW DELHI: Today's Google doodle has been dedicated to Urdu author Ismat Chugtai. Back in the 1930s, Chughtai wrote on feminine sexuality and femininity, middle-class gentility, and class warfare, subjects regarded as taboo for the age.
Chughtai established herself as a vital voice in the Urdu literature of the 20th century. She used to be awarded the Padma Shri via the Government of India in 1976.
Later she made a mark for herself as a screenwriter, and had a number of Bollywood hits to her credit. The checklist contains Arzoo (1950), Faraib (1953) and Sone ki Chidiya (1958). She gave up the ghost in 1991, elderly 76.
Chughtai's daughter, nephew and niece have been married to Hindus. In her own words, Chughtai got here from a family of "Hindus, Muslims and Christians who all live peacefully" She used to be recognized to be an avid reader of now not simplest the Qur’an, but in addition the Gita and the Bible. She used to be cremated in Chandanwadi crematorium according to her want
Some of her writings, together with Angarey and Lihaaf, have been banned in South Asia.
Chughtai established herself as a vital voice in the Urdu literature of the 20th century. She used to be awarded the Padma Shri via the Government of India in 1976.
Later she made a mark for herself as a screenwriter, and had a number of Bollywood hits to her credit. The checklist contains Arzoo (1950), Faraib (1953) and Sone ki Chidiya (1958). She gave up the ghost in 1991, elderly 76.
Chughtai's daughter, nephew and niece have been married to Hindus. In her own words, Chughtai got here from a family of "Hindus, Muslims and Christians who all live peacefully" She used to be recognized to be an avid reader of now not simplest the Qur’an, but in addition the Gita and the Bible. She used to be cremated in Chandanwadi crematorium according to her want
Some of her writings, together with Angarey and Lihaaf, have been banned in South Asia.
Today's Google Doodle remembers Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai
![Today's Google Doodle remembers Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
August 21, 2018
Rating:
