| "Lihaaf" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Ismat Chughtai | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Urdu |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Adab-i-Latif |
| Publication type | Literary journal |
| Publication date | 1942 |
"Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") is an Urdu short story written by Ismat Chughtai which was published in the Urdu literary journal Adab-i-Latif in 1942. In the coming decades, it was widely anthologised and faced an obscenity trial.[1] It is one of Chughtai's well known works.[2]
The story deals deals with suggestive lesbianism, but also with the insulated and suffocating life of a neglected wife in a feudal society as well as sexual abuse.