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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 14:56:44 -0800
From: azfar-AT-wsu.edu (Azfar Hussain)
Subject: Re: Deepa's Search



Deepa,

I'm not sure if you'll be interested in poetry for the kind of "intimate
accounts" you're looking for. If you think that poetry would serve your
purpose, you may take a look at Imtiaz Dharker, an Indian poet born in
Pakistan. In fact, she has a number of marvellous poems on "Purdah." Some
of them are even directly titled "Purdah," where she provides, among other
things, a kind of intimate
account (poetry can sometimes be really intimate and confessional) of the
effect of "purdah" on women's life, apart from exploring the symbolic and
metaphorical implications of the veiled word with which she struggles
continuously. Dharker is not really much known as a poet here (in the sense
that a Jayanta Mahapatra or a Kamala Das is), but I feel she's a voice
worth listening to.

Best,

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996 Deepa Reddy wrote:

>I have been looking recently for *good* accounts of Muslim life in India,
>fictional or ethnographic.  There is much that covers the basic ground -
>purdah, law, history etc etc - but I guess I'm looking for much more
>intimate accounts.  For example, the fiction of Ismat Chugtai -- does
>anyone know of anthologies where she's published?  Any other well known/
>lesser known  Muslim women writers worth considering?

>Any and all suggestions would be very useful -- many thanks in advance, Deepa


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