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October 21, 2022 Kasturi Ghosh

Emerging from the shadows, with Lihaaf and Ismat Chughtai.

Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991), an Indian Urdu novelist, wrote extensively on sensitive themes like femininity and female sexuality.

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