Angaaray

First published in 1932 this slim volume of short stories created a firestorm of public outrage for its bold attack on the hypocrisy of conservative Islam and British colonialism. Inspired by British modernists like Woolf and Joyce as well as the Indian independence movement the four young trailblazers who penned this collection were eager to revolutionize Urdu literature. Instead they invited the wrath of the establishment: the book was burned in protest and then banned by the British authoriti...See More