Esmarain

by Mumtaz Mufti

ممتاز مفتی کا 1952ء میں شائع ہونے والا چوتھا مجموعہ سترہ افسانوں پر مشتمل ہے۔ اسے پہلی مرتبہ مکتبہ جدید، لاہور نے شائع کیا تھا۔
اس مجموعے میں شامل دو افسانے تقسیم پر ہونے والے فسادات سے متعلق ہیں۔
گیارہ افسانوں کا موضوع زندگی میں جنس و محبت کی کارفرمائی اور اس کے مختلف پہلووں پر محیط ہے اور چار کہانیاں سماجی و معاشرتی مسائل کا آئینہ ہیں۔

Paperback

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Mumtaz Mufti (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) is a Pakistani short story writer. He started writing Urdu short stories while working as a school teacher before partition. In the beginning he was considered among his contemporaries, a non-conformist writer having liberal views, who appeared influenced by Freud. His transformation from Liberalism to Sufism was due to his inspiration from Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Another well known Pakistani Author). At the same time, he did manage to retain his individual accent and wrote on subjects which were frowned upon by the conservative elements in society.

The two phases of his life are witnessed by his autobiographies, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli and Alakh Nagri. According to forewords mentioned in his later autobiography, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli is an account of a lover who challenged the social taboos of his times, and Alakh Nagri is an account of an acolyte who greatly influenced by the mysticism of Qudrat Ullah Shahab.

Talaash ("Quest") was the last book written by Mumtaz Mufti.

Reviews

[Rabbia Riaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title of the book is about all the common girls. گھور اندھیرا effected me the most. The reason is may be the emotional attitude towards the Hindu-Muslims roits. Here Mufti is not biased towards Muslims rather he portrays the exact images of Muslims as well.