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Why Ismat Chugtai's stories should not be dropped from Rajasthan's school textbooks

What would be the purpose of Literature, or even more simply, stories, if we were confined to read only those identical to our own

Sarah Farooqui Business Standard
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Recently, the Rajasthan Government decided to drop the stories of Ismat Chughtai from school textbooks. The decision, according to a textbook committee member was because the works of Chughtai along w
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First Published: Dec 03 2015 | 11:17 AM IST

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