Summary Of Ismat Chughtai

Ismat Chughtai, born in 1915 in Badayun, spent most of her life in the Northern part of India. Being one of the most eminent Muslim women writers she used her pen as a weapon to bring the evils of patriarchy that were customary at that time. Being herself the woman of the time when Indian society was to a great extent orthodox which rarely allows women to come out of her veils, Chughtai dared to challenge them by giving a whole new definition to women rights as well as women sexuality. Her (almost all) writings deal with problems related to women.
“Woman.. woman.. woman.. very good, loyal ,disloyal, this and that, and god knows what else”(Naqvi 36) According to Chughtai the main cause of the unquestionable hold of patriarchy lies in the …show more content…
A marriage which holds a social importance all over the globe conveys a very different scheme for Chughtai. It is rather seen as a certificate which serves as a primary tool to judge a woman in various aspects. The main idea that is attached to marriage is a respect. Women are made to accept that they possess only a little mental as well as physical power and only a husband in their side can really help them to get respect and to complete themselves. Patriarchy works in a very hierarchical manner while controlling a life of a woman. When a girl is born a father is supposed to own her ,the owner shifts when her brother takes the charge she is then passed on to her husband and at last to her son. She is never allowed to take decisions for herself and rather like a commodity passed on from one hand to another. And if by any chance women try to come out of this social business than she is tagged as characterless and unproductive for society. Luce Irigaray also in her essay ‘When The Goods Get Together’ focused on the whole arrangement of Patriarchy. She highlighted that in this male-centered world women are nothing mere goods. Males took over the of exchanging and passing goods among themselves. In this orthodox economy, man become the owner and the trader. Since if a woman has no brother and certainly lost her father too than she becomes an unclaimed good …show more content…
A woman without a marriage is nothing but a waste. A waste to the reputation of family and moreover a waste for society. When Kubra lost her father she was seen as a potential danger for the patriarchal structure , she became vulnerable in the eyes of others. Since she didn’t have any man to demand his ownership on her, she became problem not just for