Ismat Chughtai

Ismat Chughtai was born in Badaun, on 21 August 1915 according to most sources, into a large Muslim family; her father, a senior civil servant, was transferred from town to town, and she grew up among her brothers, including the novelist Azeem Beg Chughtai. Despite her family's opposition, she obtained a degree in Lucknow and a teaching diploma in Aligarh, then in 1941 was appointed head of a municipal girls' school in Bombay, or inspector of schools according to another source. Married in 1942 to the filmmaker Shahid Latif, she wrote for the cinema. She died in Bombay on 24 October 1991.

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• Short storiesThe QuiltلحافIsmat Chughtai · 1942Literature