Niyogi Books and Oxford Bookstore invite you at the book launch of Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu, celebrating the new-age women.

In conversation with:

Rakhshanda Jalil, Writer, Translator, and Literary Historian

Nistha Gautam, Opinion Editor, The Quint

Mayank Austen Soofi, Delhi's famed Photo Archiver and Writer

The event will be moderated by:

Poonam Saxena, Translator and National Weekend Editor, Hindustan Times

About the Book

Preeto & Other Stories is a collection of stories that delves into themes that are timeless, as well as topics that are an outcome of the times we live in. Starting with two of the four pillars of the Urdu short stories, Rajinder Singh Bedi and Krishan Chandar, who can be credited with introducing a realistic portrayal of women in Urdu fiction, the stories in this volume offer multiple ways of seeing women. 

This anthology also features stories by other famous Urdu writers, including Gulzar, Deepak Budki, and Baig Ehsas.

Male Gaze in Urdu Literature: Is It an Overt #Metoo Movement? 

That's the question we'd like to ask today.

Please join us for the book launch on Saturday, 12 January 2019, at Oxford Bookstore, 6 PM.

Date: 12 January 2019 (Saturday)

Time: 6 PM onward

Venue: OXFORD BOOKSTORE, N 81, Block N, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001