Ismat Chughtai’s Gharwali – A reading and narration

A heady satire on the institution of marriage, as well as on the social mores of 1940s ‘Gharwali’ by the eminent, bold Urdu fiction writer Ismat Chughtai is one of her much admired stories.
Well known Urdu poet and singer Mumtaz Peerbhoy and the versatile storyteller Chetan Shetty get together for an Urdu and English reading/ narration of this famous story by Ismat Chugtai which is considered humourous, enjoyable and daring.

“In my stories, I’ve put down everything with objectivity. Now, if some people find them obscene, let them go to hell. It’s my belief that experiences can never be obscene, if they are based on authentic realities of life.”
-Ismat Chughtai