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  FEMINISM IN "THE QUILT" OF ISMAT CHUGHTAI             As a definition , it is generally said that "Feminism" is a theory which supports social , political , educational and equal economic rights and opportunities for women . The word "Feminism" originates from French word "Feminisme" , a medical term . One who follows the theory of Feminism is called Feminist . This idea was first issued from the Enlightenment period of 18th century . The ideology was recognised by some pioneers like Mary Wollstonecraft and  John Stuart Mill . Feminism incorporates the idea of prioritising equality for both male and female similarly . Moreover , it is a movement demanding the same human rights for women as men in the society . Radical Feminism , another branch of Feminism , is quite different because the one who follows this theory always wants to root out the patriarchy in the society , claiming social  reordering . They claim that...

SUMMARY ON  "THE QUILT"  OF ISMAT CHUGHTAI   The Quilt " by Chughtai  presents a panorama of the narrator's practical and gripping experiences during her childhood . The narrator was then a nine years old girl . As she , each and every moment , argued and fought with brothers and sisters , her mother left her with Begam Jaan and went to Agra . While spending some days with Begum Jaan , she had a terrific experience which was really a prejudice to the narrator . There she found Rabbu , a Masseuse , whom the narrator called "an ugly woman!". She saw Rabbu massaging Begum Jaan's body all the time . Every night both of them had a tiff , and the narrator was scared and embarrassed by a shadow of the quilt like an elephant struggling inside , and that on Begum Jaan 's bed . But , one day , when the same function was going on , the narrator got very scared and nervously screamed "Aa..Ammi...." . But none paid any heed . So she gathered coura...

  ALL DETAILS  ABOUT  "THE QUILT"  OF ISMAT CHUGHTAI  Ismat Chughtai remains an integral figure and is one of the pioneers in Urdu literature . She was born on 21th August , 1911 in Badaun , Uttar Pradesh . Her works include short stories like "Kalyan" , "Ek Baat" , "Choten" , and others . Most of her works express about women and their desires and also the oppression they come across . One of her most celebrated masterpieces is "The Quilt" , originally titled "Lihaaf" . The story is a controversial one . It first appeared in 1942 in "Adab-i-Latif" which was a literary magazine in Lahore . Here , it is important to mention that the writer had to bear the charge made against her for carrying obscenity in her writing that might surely badly affect the society . She was summoned to court for the charge and had to receive endless scathing criticism . Nevertheless , Ismat Chughtai gained notoriety for her work as...

BIOGRAPHY ON MANIK BANDOPADHYAY Manik Bandopadhyay is a well-known and prolific writer. Besides being a writer , he is a novelist. He is often remembered to be a doyen in 20th century Bengali literature . He has successfully written 36 novels and 250 short stories so far . Padma Nadir Majhi , Putul Nacher Itikatha , Sahartali are some of the most famous and recognised novels . Manik Bandopadhyay is deeply influenced by Marxist philosophy . In the tradition of Bankimchandra, Rabindranath and Saratchandra, he identified himself as a great novelist because his fiction mostly centres around ordinary or common men and women who , at the time of independence, tolerates a deluge of unusual circumstances . Besides , he analyses the multi-dimensional aspects of societal realities. See More - CLICK ON HERE 👇👇👇👇 #  NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE APPLIED IN "THE SHADOW LINES'' BY AMITAV GHOSH #  POSTCOLONIAL ELEMENTS IN "THE SHADOW LINES'' BY AMITAV GHOSH  #  A SUMMARY ON...

Discuss the nature , distinguishing qualities and essential components of a descriptive & narrative writing task. [10]   OR, Discuss the differences between Descriptive Writing and Narrative Writing .[10] Ans :   The descriptive and narrative writing can be considered closely related to each other . The main difference between them is that the descriptive writing always tries to describe an object or some experience which either can be presented in chronological way or can be presented back and forth or both ; whereas , the narrative writing or essay is a particular kind of descriptive writing when the objective is to narrativise a particular chronological situation . This is the actual nature of both descriptive and narrative writing tasks . However , some of their distinguishing qualities and components are expounded below through some points :  Descriptive Writing Task :         Descriptive Writing , in brief , emphasizes or ...

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE APPLIED IN "THE SHADOW LINES'' BY AMITAV GHOSH        Amitav Ghosh follows the magic realism technique which explores a non-chronological presentation of events . It is remarkable how in " The Shadow Lines " Ghosh presents The multi-layered experiences of varied people in diverse chronotopes which ultimately appear to converge into a single text . As Marquez does in the " Chronicle of a Death Foretold " , Amitav Ghosh uses memory and imagination to interrogate space , time , persona , and overcome the isolability of people as well as distance between spaces and times , which appear both fluid and concrete .             However , the story line juxtaposes the lives of two different yet intertwined families , one Indian , one English , and uses this structure to question the boundaries between people and the geographical settings they inhabit . The story which shifts from Calcutta to London to Dhaka is told through...

POSTCOLONIAL ELEMENTS IN "THE SHADOW LINES'' BY AMITAV GHOSH   " The Shadow Lines '', published in 1988 and written by Amitav Ghosh , extensively incorporates the qualities of the postcolonial elements . The novel focuses on political instability , the aftermath of immigration , cultural detachment , societal unrest , religious conflict , quest for identities  and more like them . The novelist , through this novel , has successfully explored not only the colonial issues imposed on society by the force of time and history but also about the unwanted separation of people from each other . However , the postcolonial elements interwoven in the novel are sequentially upheld below : (i) Obscurity :             A colonizer intentionally or unintentionally tries to remain unseen and unrecognised . Likewise , the narrator of this novel attempts to remain unnamed till the very end of the story . The writer  has kept t...