“pulp Fictions” Reading Pakistani Domesticity

The above passage is from an Urdu short story by Intezar Hussein.1 The story narrates the changes within the domestic sphere in Indian Muslim households. Hussein gives us a sense of how religious reform, expanding educational opportunities for both genders, and colonial modernization in the first quarter of the twentieth century undermined and challenged the more traditional aspects of middle-class Muslim life in North India.

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  October 2017

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  Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Urdu Narrative Literacy