Popis: |
This article which I have sent for publication is a work of translation, from Urdu to English. It is my attempt at translation of an Urdu short-story. Khudgharz, authored by the much published, celebrated and decorated Urdu writer, Mrs. Ayesha Siddiqui. It is taken from her collection of short-stories entitled Ghoomte chaak ki keel.a collection of 21 brilliant, imaginative masterpieces that have flowed from her pen. In her stories, Siddiqui paints a poignant and authentic picture of diverse lives and characters, most belonging to the culturally rich Muslim backgroumd of Awadh, into which she herself was born |