Chor by Rashid Jahan

StoryJam | Listen to stories you always wanted to read! | Hindi Urdu Audio Stories for Kahani lovers · Aug 9, 2020 · 14m

A pioneer of modern urdu writing, Rashid Jahan appeared on the literary scene with a bang in 1932. She was one of four twenty year olds, (and the only girl among them) who brought out the urdu compilation- Angaarey. It was a collection of such sharp and incisive commentary about the upper class, especially the Muslim society of which they were a part, that there was an uproar. So much so that the British banned their book.

Rashid was more than a writer, she was a true iconoclast. An activist deeply committed to the ideals of equality and justice. She was a doctor who dressed in her 'khaddar'…