Google Doodle Honours Urdu Literature’s ‘Apa’, Ismat Chughtai

Tweeple too celebrate the birth anniversary of the ‘subcontinent’s original bad girl’ .

Ismat Chughtai, fondly known as ‘Ismat apa’, is regarded as one of Indian subcontinent’s foremost feminist Urdu writers.

Chughtai was way ahead of her times, writing about female sexuality, femininity, and class conflict. Many celebrate her works for their brutal honesty.

On her 107th birth anniversary, Google paid tribute to the ‘subcontinent’s original bad girl’ with its Google Doodle.

Ismat Chughtai’s writings lifted veils off old traditions. On her birth anniversary, we celebrate the revolutionist, educationist, and an icon of women empowerment. #GoogleDoodlehttps://t.co/OsbfuihHrp pic.twitter.com/t9T6EKuys2

— Google India (@GoogleIndia) August 21, 2018