Deed Wadeed / دیدوادید

by Altaf Fatima

افسانوی مجموعہ۔ انفاق فاؤنڈیشن، کراچی لٹریچر فیسٹیول کی جانب سے انعام یافتہ۔

328 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2017

About the author

Altaf Fatima (born 1927 in Lucknow, British India) was an Urdu novelist, short-story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, Herald.

Altaf Fatima was the second of four children born in a Muslim household in Lucknow, India, to Mohammad Fazle Amin and his wife Mumtaz Jahan.

She was living in Lahore, Pakistan at the end of her life, to where she had retired as a professor of Urdu, but continued her literary work.

Altaf Fatima's novel Dastak Na Do has been translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmed.

Reviews

[Imran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have been reading that Altaf Fatima has not received the recognition she deserved. I agree with this assessment after reading this collection of short stories.

The stories are written over the time and covers topics from Partition to Indo-Pak wars, generation gap, economic differences and people getting nostalgic about their past after going through changed environment. The author has a beautiful style to express her deep observations.

Must read for those who want to read some memorable short stories in beautiful Urdu.

[E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

یوں تو اس کتاب میں سب افسانے ہی بے حد پسند آئے مگر پسندیدہ ترین یہ رہے۔
سانکھیایوگی
روشنی، ہوا اور پانی
اگیابیتال
صبر
پالتو

الطاف فاطمہ کے لکھے گئے ناول تو کمال ہیں ہی، ان کے افسانے بھی لاجواب اور بے مثال ہیں۔💕