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Ismat Chughtai

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how ismat chughtai stood up for freedom of speech

How Ismat Chughtai Stood Up for Freedom of Speech

In this essay, Ismat Chughtai recounts being brought before a judge on charges of obscenity for Lihaaf along with Saadat Hasan Manto, who was being tried for the same charge for his story Bu.