‘Dilli Ki Sair’
Afreen Akhtar
‘Dilli Ki Sair’ is an audio rendition by Afreen Akhtar of the eponymous Urdu short story written by Rashid Jahan in 1932 for Angarey, an anthology that birthed the Progressive
In Translation
Translations
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A Kitchen of Her Own: The Life and Writing of Rashsundari Devi
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“I came to nurture a great longing: I would learn to read and I would read a religious manuscript.” — Rashsundari Devi, Amar Jiban (translated from Bengali by Tanika Sarkar)
Kamala Surayya, Feminist Legacies
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“Like other women writers of my class, I am expected to tame my talent to suit the comfort of my family” Kamala Surayya composed fiction, short stories, and an autobiography,
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