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The book's second part is centered on Asghari, who is modest, hardworking and educated well in a school. She despises idle chatter and is the beloved of all in her society. When she is married, she too undergoes a difficult transition, but through her hard-work, winsome manners and good education is able to form solid bonds with her husband's ...
Bano Qudsia (Urdu: بانو قدسیہ ; 28 November 1928 – 4 February 2017), also known as Bano Aapa, [4] was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist. She wrote literature in Urdu, producing novels, dramas plays and short stories. Qudsia is best recognized for her novel Raja Gidh. [5]
In 1950 her collection of short stories, called Koshish-e-Natamaam, was published. [10] In 1951 her book Letters to Neena was published; it is a collection of ten open letters supposedly written to Indians, who are personified as a woman called Neena. [11] The real Neena was one of her in-laws. [11]
Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.
Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, was an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator. Even today, he is best known for his novels, he wrote over 30 books on subjects such as law, logic, ethics and linguistics. [1] His famous novels are Mirat-ul-Uroos, Tobat-un-Nasuh, and Ibn-ul-waqt.
Published in 1962, it is hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It won Mastoor the 1963 Adamjee Literary Award for Urdu prose and has been translated into 13 languages. [ 4 ] English translations of the novel by Neelam Hussain titled The Inner Courtyard and by Daisy Rockwell as The Women's Courtyard were published in 2001 and ...
This is a list of dāstāns and qissas (prose fiction) written in Urdu during the 18th and 19th centuries. The skeleton of the list is a reproduction of the list provided by Gyan Chand Jain in his study entitled Urdū kī nasrī dāstānen .
According to Munshi Premchand, "Rashid ul Khairi was a great name in literature for women in Urdu, and all those who know Urdu language should be grateful to him." Gail Minault , Professor of History at the University of Texas , in her book Secluded Scholars wrote that, "Rashid ul Khairi was a pioneer of women's right in the Islamic tradition ...