Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-228).

Table of contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Rakhshanda Jalil
1. Disorderly Discernments: How Does One Look through What can be Seen? Ismat Chughtai on the Train Geeta Patel
2. Looking for Ismat Chughtai: Journeys in Reading and Translation Tahira Naqvi
3. Gender, Modernity, and Nationalist Sensibility in Terhi Lakeer Fatima Rizvi
4. Ismat Chughtai: A Talk with One of Urdu’s Most Outspoken Women Writers Carlo Coppola
5. Teen Anari: A World of Laughter and Lessons Syeda S. Hameed
6. Lady Chenghez Khan Qurratulain Hyder (Translated by Deeba Zafir)
7. The ‘Sex Appeal’ of Ismat Chughtai’s Language Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui)
8. The Elusiveness of the Ordinary in Ismat’s Stories Krishan Chandar
(Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
9. Ismat Chughtai: A Reminiscence Muhammad Hasan Askari
(Translated by Asif Aslam Farrukhi)
10. Ismat Chughtai: An Individualistic and Quirky Author Khalil-ur-Rehman Azmi
(Translated by Huma Mirza)
11. Breaching Old Fortifications, Finding New Pathways Patras Bokhari (Translated by Fatima Rizvi)
12. Crossing the Line of Fear Hajra Masrur (Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
13. The Dozakhi Ismat Chughtai Upendranath Ashk (Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil)
14. ‘The Dirt is in Their Minds’Asif Aslam Farrukhi
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